American Losses

• Battle of Bunker Hill• Battle of Long Island• Battle of Quebec• Battle of Brandywine

Burgoyne’s Strategy

1777 – The British attempt to cut New England off from the rest of the colonies

• British send General John Burgoyne to Albany, NY from Montreal where he is to meet up with two other armies

Burgoyne’s Strategy

DIVIDE AND CONQUER

1.Burgoyne advances from Canada in the north

2.St. Leger advances to the East

3.Howe advances from New York

Strategy: To destroy all resistance in the path of the army, meet in Albany, effectively isolating New England

Cut off New England

N.S.C.A.R. Summer Tour 2012

The Spark

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BATTLE OF BENNINGTON

•~ 1,000 of Burgoyne’s forces captured

•Burgoyne’s Native American allies leave the army

•The supply chain to Burgoyne’s army is broken

Campaign OverviewSeptember 19, 1777: The first battle of Saratoga

(aka Battle of Freeman’s Farm)– The Americans achieved their goals:• Delaying the advance of Burgoyne’s forces • Fewer casualties incurred, then inflicted upon their

enemy– Technically a British victory

Campaign Overview

•General Howe (British) alters the plan•Howe’s forces move to capture Philadelphia

Campaign Overview

October 7, 1777 – Second Battle of Saratoga (aka Battle of Bemis Heights)

– Initial British attack proves unsuccessful– General Fraser rallies his Redcoats– American General Benedict Arnold pushes back

the British surge– General Burgoyne’s army forced to retreat the

field of battle

Campaign Overview

Campaign Overview

October 17, 1777 – General Burgoyne surrenders to General Horatio Gates

“one of the Greatest battles that Ever was fought in America” – Major Henry Dearborn

National Project

• The National Project is to raise funds for the Sword Surrender Site at Saratoga National Park

• The donation will be given to the Friends of Saratoga Battlefield and all proceeds will go directly towards financing the monument and surrounding areas of the Surrender Site

Trumbull Painting

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Significance for C.A.R.

• Great educational opportunity to explain the significance of one of the most underappreciated battles in our history

• Preservation of one of the most important historic battle sites of the American Revolution

• C.A.R. will be recognized with a plaque at the Sword Surrender Site for our donation to this project

Saratoga’s Significance• Without this battle it is possible the French

and Spanish do not go to war with England and we lose our Revolution

• Saratoga was not only The Turning Point of the American Revolution, but The Turning Point for our Nation

Saratoga’s Significance• Without this battle it is possible the French and

Spanish do not go to war with England and we lose our Revolution

• Saratoga was not only The Turning Point of the American Revolution, but The Turning Point for our Nation

Saratoga - The Turning Point