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	Saratoga campaign - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Saratoga campaign was a major British initiative in 1777 during the American Revolutionary War.
		The campaign, led from Canada by General John Burgoyne, ended in failure when Burgoyne surrendered his army on October 17, 1777, after the American victory at the Battle of Saratoga.
		As the year's campaigns were winding down in the autumn of 1776, the British began to plan operations for the next year.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saratoga_campaign (3272 words)

	Battle of Saratoga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle(s) of Saratoga were considered by many historians to have been the turning point of the American Revolutionary War and one of the most decisive battles in history.
		Plan of battlefield of Battle of Saratoga and views of John Neilson's House from south, east and inside that served as the headquarters for the Generals Enoch Poor an Benedict Arnold.
		The British were advancing on Saratoga and on September 19, they ran into American forces in a clearing in the woods at Freeman's Farm.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Saratoga (1455 words)

	The Saratoga Campaign, 1777 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Campaign that ended in the first major British defeat of the American War of Independence.
		The aim of the campaign would be to split the rebellious colonies in half along the line of the Hudson, isolating New England, seen as the heart of the rebellion, although Burgoyne never explained how that was to be achieved.
		The resulting first battle of Saratoga, or Freeman's Farm, was a disaster for the British.
	www.historyofwar.org /articles/battles_saratoga.html (2544 words)

	Printable Version on Encyclopedia.com
		SARATOGA CAMPAIGN [Saratoga campaign] June-Oct., 1777, of the American Revolution.
		Lord George Germain and John Burgoyne were the chief authors of a plan to end the American Revolution by splitting the colonies along the Hudson River.
		The battle of Saratoga was the first great American victory of the war, and it is considered by many the decisive battle of the Revolution.
	www.encyclopedia.com /printable.aspx?id=1E1:saratcmp (393 words)

	AllRefer.com - Saratoga Springs, United States (U.S. Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		The last battle of the Saratoga campaign was fought near the city in 1777.
		In the 19th cent., Saratoga Springs was one of the most popular social and sporting centers in America.
		Saratoga Spa state park, summer home of the Philadelphia Orchestra and New York City Ballet, is south of the city; the dance hall of fame and museum are also there.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/SaratSpr.html (308 words)

	Guards - Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne
		Saratoga was the turning point in the American War of Independence, giving the French the impetus to invest money and materiel in the revolutionary state.
		Britain's loss at Saratoga proved disastrous, signaling to the European powers that the rebels were capable of defeating the English on their own.
		Burgoyne's point of view as the campaign progresses is expressed from dispatches to Lord George Germain, British Colonial Secretary, addresses to his army, and exchanges with friends and fellow officers.
	footguards.tripod.com /06ARTICLES/ART21_burgoyne.htm (2488 words)

	Saratoga Campaign: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Saratoga Campaign was a 1777 initiative by the British Army (British Army: the british army is the land armed forces branch of the british military....
		The campaign was designed to divide the American forces by creating a British (British: The people of Great Britain) zone of control between the New England (New England: A region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut) colonies and their neighbors to the south.
		See main articles: Battle of Saratoga (Battle of Saratoga: A battle during the American Revolution (1777); the British under Burgoyne were defeated), Battle of Freeman's Farm (Battle of Freeman's Farm: the battle of freemans farm (september 19, 1777) was the first engagement in the...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/saratoga_campaign (3704 words)

	Logistics and the Defeat of Gentleman Johnny
		Burgoyne knew that these horses would not be sufficient to support the army for the duration of the campaign, but he relied on his column's ability to obtain additional transportation on the march.
		Saratoga is widely recognized as the pivotal campaign in the war, and it also is the one that most clearly displays British logistics inadequacies.
		On a strategic level, the impact of the Saratoga campaign was far reaching, for it brought France into the war.
	www.almc.army.mil /alog/issues/JulAug00/MS516.htm (3929 words)

	WPI Department of Military Science - Battle of Saratoga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		John Trumbull painted this portrait of the surrender of General Burgoyne at the Battle of Saratoga.
		Historians consider the Battle of Saratoga to be the major turning point of the American Revolution.
		Burgoyne decided to hold his position and await developments of Clinton's campaign, hoping that Gates would be forced to detach units to support the other forts.
	www.wpi.edu /Academics/Depts/MilSci/BTSI/Saratoga (1179 words)

	Book Review: Saratoga
		ISBN 0-8050-4681-X. On June 20, 1777, a body of 7,000 of the 18th century's most disciplined and experienced troops began a campaign in northern New York which was designed to end the rebellion of England's American colonies.
		Yet, three months later, the same professional army had dragged itself only an additional 50 miles, was surrounded by vastly superior numbers, and compelled to surrender to an army of citizen soldiers and militia.
		Similarly, Ketchum does an excellent job of weaving the story of the Saratoga campaign in with the overall story of the American revolution.
	www.continentalline.org /articles/9703/970302.htm (538 words)

	Saratoga Springs articles on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Saratoga Springs SARATOGA SPRINGS [Saratoga Springs] resort and residential city (1990 pop.
		The last battle of the Saratoga campaign was fought near
		Saratoga campaign SARATOGA CAMPAIGN [Saratoga campaign] June-Oct., 1777, of the American Revolution.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/11473.html (472 words)

	Colonel Enoch Poor - Miscellaneous Portraits (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Saratoga Campaign, if successful, would have pinned the colonial armies between the Hudson River and the Atlantic and would very probably have led to their surrender.
		The surrender of the British at Saratoga, and the failure of the Saratoga Campaign, were decisive points in the course of the American Revolution.
		The failure of the British Saratoga Campaign, and now the support of the French for the struggling British colonies, was coupled with a realization that the colonies would exact revenge for their treatment against the Six Nations of the Iroquois and other tribes.
	www.nh.gov /nhdhr/miscell/poor.html (1183 words)

	Capital Campaign - YMCA of Saratoga
		They rely on the YMCA of Saratoga to make an important difference in their life.
		Located just a quarter mile from the Saratoga Springs Junior/Senior High School complex, our new community YMCA will be more than twice the size of the current facility on Broadway.
		User friendly, the site will also be connected to the center of Saratoga by an extension of the Community Bike/Pedestrian path – with a future opportunity to connect this path system into the Spa State Park.
	www.ymcasaratoga.org /ccampaign.html (790 words)

	Hudson River Valley - National Heritage Area
		The "turning point of the American Revolution" occurred on the grounds of the Saratoga Battlefield, where American forces defeated British regulars and Hessian auxiliaries in 1777, putting an end to an invasion of New York that was intended to divide the 13 colonies.
		The National Park Service maintains two sites nearby: the restored Schuyler House, the country home of Major General Philip Schuyler, which was rebuilt after being burned by the British during the Saratoga campaign; and the 155-foot-tall Saratoga Monument, built in 1883 on the site of Burgoyne's last encampment to commemorate the American victory.
		Saratoga National Historical Park is located along Route 4 in the towns of Stillwater and Saratoga.
	www.hudsonrivervalley.com /index.cfm?section_id=6&page_id=85 (368 words)

	SARATOGA NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK FOREWORD
		Of these two battles of Saratoga, also known as the Battles of Bemis Heights or of Stillwater, the second was the first great victory of the Americans and was deemed by many historians to be the turning point of the Revolutionary War.
		The British campaign was designed to split the colonies by taking control of the Hudson River.
		The Saratoga National Historical Park has amassed a wealth of documents relating to this period and has graciously allowed Heritage Hunters volunteers to examine, evaluate, and record for our SaratogaCoWebPage, information regarding those who fought there.
	www.rootsweb.com /~nysarato/sarapk.htm (1161 words)

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		The British Invasion from the North: The Campaigns of Generals Carleton and Burgoyne from Canada, 1776-1777, with the Journal of Lieut.
		Decision on the Hudson: The Saratoga Campaign of 1777.
		Sharpshooting in Saratoga p.2 Another relatively early account is Roger Lamb's Original and Authentic Journal of Occurrences during the Late American War...
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/academic/history/marshall/military/mil_hist_inst/r/revwar4c.asc (1618 words)

	The Saratogian - Saratogian's $50,000 gift puts YMCA closer to goal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		SARATOGA SPRINGS -- The Saratogian has pledged $50,000 toward the YMCA of Saratoga's capital campaign, raising funds for a new facility on West Avenue.
		The capital campaign, launched on Jan. 1, 2005, is to build a 75,000 square foot facility with an eight-lane pool, gym, workout facility, indoor running track, teen center, pre-school, and specialized facilities to educate its youth on health and nutrition issues.
		The capital campaign is spearheaded by Bill Moore, the chairman of the executive steering committee and board president, along with capital campaign co-chairs Bill and Susan Dake, Michael and Linda Toohey and the other members of the executive steering committee: Tracy Barlok, Karl Broekhuizen and Tim Provost.
	www.saratogian.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=15651339&BRD=1169&PAG=461&dept_id=17708&rfi=6 (382 words)

	National Park Service - Colonials and Patriots (Saratoga NHP)
		The Battle of Saratoga and the resulting surrender of Burgoyne's army wrecked the British campaign.
		Saratoga was the turning point of the war in the North.
		Saratoga National Historical Park preserves 1,429 acres of the rolling countryside along the Hudson where the two armies battled.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/colonials-patriots/sitea10.htm (334 words)

	A UNITED EMPIRE LOYALIST'S BIBLIOGRAPHY - PART 8 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Account of Arnold's Campaign Against Quebec and of the Hardships and Sufferings of that Band of Heroes who Traversed the Wilderness of Maine from Cambridge to the St Lawrence in the Autumn of 1775 (Albany, 1877).
		History of the Campaign for the Conquest of Canada in 1776, From the Death of Montgomery to the Retreat of the British Army Under Sir Guy Carleton (Philadelphia, 1882).
		Decision on the Hudson: The Saratoga Campaign of 1777 (Washington, 1975).
	www.uelac.org /bib08.htm (3190 words)

	No, Not That War
		It's a sunny, off-season Saturday afternoon, and Craig holds forth in the nearly empty Saratoga visitor center, where there's not a double-decker tour bus in sight, let alone a strip of cheesy tourist traps.
		Weakened by months of campaigning, Burgoyne found himself, on Sept. 19, 1777, confronting a rebel force of unknown strength at Freeman's Farm.
		The Courtyard by Marriott in Saratoga Springs (11 Excelsior Ave., 866-426-8789, http://www.marriott.com/) is a white-bread alternative; rooms run $159 to $179 before the season, then jump to $369 to $399.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/21/AR2005062101300_pf.html (1404 words)

	Burgoyne Campaign of 1777
		Also called the Second Battle of Saratoga, this decisive encounter involved the combined efforts of Daniel Morgan, Benedict Arnold and Ebenezer Learned to successfully halt Burgoyne's advance.
		A cessation of hostilities was arranged on October 13 and a formal surrender took place under the terms of the Convention of Saratoga on the 17th.
		Memorabilia related to Burgoyne Campaign of 1777 is at auction on eBay.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1298.html (737 words)

	The Saratoga Campaign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Saratoga campaign, fought in upstate New York, permanently ended British hopes of dividing the colonies along the Hudson River.
		The Battles of Saratoga marked a turning point in the war, motivating the French to assist the American insurgents openly.
		Bibliography: Elting, John R., The Battles of Saratoga (1977); Furneaux, Rupert, The Battle of Saratoga (1971); Sweetman, John, Saratoga 1777 (1973).
	www.irqpa.org /lphs/1948/4th/SARATOGA.HTM (238 words)

	CCC - Understanding Campaign Outcomes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Burgoyne's Folly: Ticonderoga to Saratoga (1777) (Saratoga Borgoyne.cpd)
		With the failure of the Crown forces in the attack on Louisbourg all hopes for a successful campaigning season are lost for this year.
		With the victories of this campaigning season the struggle on this continent is almost over.
	home.datacomm.ch /dierk.walter/CCC_1812/campaign_outcomes.htm (2033 words)

	Page Title (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		First it provided the American Army a much needed victory increased their willingness to continue their quest for independence, and forced the British to concentrate their military strength on the southern colonies in order to maintain them, virtually abandoning all claims to the colonies in the north.
		Finally, the news of the victory at Saratoga combined with General Howe’s failure to destroy General Washington’s army in Pennsylvania provided the final impetus to bring France into the war.
		The Saratoga Campaign, of the American revolution fought in upstate New York, permanently ended British hopes of dividing the colonies along the Hudson River.
	www.albany.net /~battle/index_files/Page319.htm (465 words)

	Learn About The Past - Northern Campaign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Within the articles available, you will be able to follow the campaign; read details about some of their battles, small and large; see where they actually fought and served; learn about some of their leaders; and enjoy some of their pastimes.
		John Burgoyne's belief in the importance of the Hudson River as a strategic highway through the northeast never wavered from the moment he arrived in America in 1775.
		It became the centerpiece of his plan for the British northern campaign of 1777 which called for his army to move southward from Canada along the Lake Champlain-Hudson River route to Albany.
	www.thenortherncampaign.org /past.htm (1067 words)

	GSI
		The Bicentennial Campaign, celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the Military Academy, was the first-ever comprehensive fund raising campaign in the school’s illustrious history.
		GSI had been engaged for on-site direction of the campaign and at the time of the public announcement, the firm’s Campaign Director, Howard Siegel, reported that over 22 gifts of $100,000+ had been pledged, anchored by a $5 million lead gift from an anonymous source that was present at the kick off.
		On the heels of conducting a campaign planning study to assess the potential to support the largest building and expansion project in hospital history, GSI concluded that a minimum of $10 million could be raised through a multi-year campaign.
	www.gsifundraising.com /capital-fundraising-campaign/campaign-public-relations.html (4711 words)

	Saratoga 3
		Burgoyne's northern campaign was not successful, and the British arrived too late to help him.
		The Saratoga Convention called for Burgoyne's army to be marched to Boston and shipped to England with the understanding that the men were not to fight again in the war against the colonies.
		Clinton's success in the Highlands and Howe's success in Philadelphia were dramatically outweighed by the Saratoga defeat.
	www.si.umich.edu /spies/stories-saratoga-3.html (304 words)

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