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Saratoga campaign

Saratoga Campaign
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Surrender of General Burgoyne.jpg
Surrender of General Burgoyne by John Trumbull
Date June 14 – October 17, 1777
Location Upstate New York, Vermont
Result

Decisive American victory

  • Surrender of Burgoyne's army
  • Beginning of Iroquois civil war
Belligerents

 United States

Vermont

Native Americans

 Great Britain

Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg Iroquois

Native Americans
Commanders and leaders

United States Horatio Gates
United States Philip Schuyler
United States Arthur St. Clair
United States Benedict Arnold
United States Benjamin Lincoln
United States Israel Putnam
United States George Clinton
United States James Clinton
United States John Stark
Seth Warner

James Livingston

Kingdom of Great Britain John Burgoyne Surrendered
Kingdom of Great Britain William Phillips Surrendered
Kingdom of Great Britain Simon Fraser †
Kingdom of Great Britain Barry St. Leger
Kingdom of Great Britain Luc de la Corne
Kingdom of Great Britain Sir Henry Clinton
Brunswick-Lüneburg Arms.svg Baron Riedesel Surrendered
Brunswick-Lüneburg Arms.svg Friedrich Baum †

Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg Joseph Brant

Anishinabe.svg Charles de Langlade
Strength
25,000 8,500 (Burgoyne)
1,600 (St. Leger)
3,000 (Clinton)
A Campaign streamer embroidered "Saratoga 2 July–17 October 1777" is awarded to American military units that participated in this campaign.

Decisive American victory

 United States

Vermont

 Great Britain

Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg Iroquois

United States Horatio Gates
United States Philip Schuyler
United States Arthur St. Clair
United States Benedict Arnold
United States Benjamin Lincoln
United States Israel Putnam
United States George Clinton
United States James Clinton
United States John Stark
Seth Warner


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