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September 19, 2017: 1777: First Battle of Saratoga

Fought eighteen days apart in the fall of 1777, the two battles for Saratoga (September 19 and October 7) were a turning point in the American Revolution. On September 19, British General John Burgoyne achieved a small, but costly victory over American forces led by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold.

In the first battle, Burgoyne attacked. The fiery Arnold prodded Gates out of his defensive mentality, winning permission to lead Morgan’s men and Henry Dearborn’s light infantry into the woods to block a British flanking column. For most of the afternoon, a furious struggle raged around and across a clearing called Freeman’s Farm; Arnold poured in fresh regiments until the jittery Gates broke off the action, leaving the battered British in possession of the ground. After fortifying his camp and waiting in vain for reinforcements from New York, Burgoyne attempted another assault on October 7. Ignoring orders from the jealous Gates to remain in his quarters, Arnold joined the fighting and led an attack that captured key strong points, forcing the British to retreat to Saratoga (modern Schuylerville). There, surrounded by a belated outpouring of militia, Burgoyne surrendered ten days later.

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