The Saratoga campaign in 1777 was an attempt by the British to gain military control of the strategically important Hudson River valley during the American Revolutionary War. It ended in the surrender of a British army, which historian Edmund Morgan argues, "was a great turning point of the war, because it won for Americans the foreign assistance which was the last element needed for victory."
Robert Pollard (1755-1838) (attributed to) - Lady Harriet Fox-Strangways (1750–1815), Mrs Acland, Crossing the River Hudson to the American Lines - 922301 - National Trust
William McAuley, Powderhorn, c. 1938, NGA 29714
Zehn Karten und Ansichten den Schlachtfelden des amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitskreiges in den Staaten Pennsylvanien und New York LOC 2003630399-9
Geographic area of John Burgoyne's 1777 Saratoga campaign.
LadyHarrietAcland OnHudsonRiver
Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga N.Y. Oct. 17th. 1777 LCCN2002695771
Burgoynes Surrender At Saratoga, American War of Independence
Little blue sign on capitol lawn
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armed conflict
1777
Saratoga campaign
Kingdom of Great Britain, military campaign, United Colonies, Vermont Republic