Second Saratoga order of battle
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The following units and commanders fought at the Second Battle of Saratoga, The Battle of Bemis Heights, on October 7, 1777.
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Brigadier Simon Fraser (killed)
British army
General John BurgoyneJohn Burgoyne
General John Burgoyne was a British army officer, politician and dramatist. He first saw action during the Seven Years' War when he participated in several battles, mostly notably during the Portugal Campaign of 1762....
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Brigadier Simon Fraser (killed)
- 24th Regiment: Major Robert Graves
- Grenadier Battalion: Major John Dyke Acland, 20th Regiment
- Light Infantry Battalion: Major Alexander Lindsey, Earl of Balcarres, 53rd Regiment
- Ranger Company: Captain Alexander Fraser, 34th Regiment
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Right wing |
1st Brigade Brigadier James Hamilton |
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2nd Brigade
Brigadier Henry Powell |
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Left wing |
1st Brigade General Johann Specht |
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2nd Brigade |
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Reserve
Lieutenant Colonel Heinrich von Breymann |
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Artillery
Major Griffith Williams |
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American army
Major General Horatio GatesHoratio Gates
Horatio Lloyd Gates was a retired British soldier who served as an American general during the Revolutionary War. He took credit for the American victory at the Battle of Saratoga – Benedict Arnold, who led the attack, was finally forced from the field when he was shot in the leg – and...
Wing | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Left wing Major General Horatio Gates |
Learned's Brigade Brigadier General Ebenezer Learned |
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Poor's Brigade
Brigadier General Enoch Poor |
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Ten Broeck's Brigade New York Militia
Brigadier General Abraham Ten Broeck |
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Right Wing Major General Benjamin Lincoln Benjamin Lincoln Benjamin Lincoln was an American army officer. He served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War... |
Glover's Brigade Brigadier General John Glover |
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Nixon's Brigade
Brigadier General John Nixon |
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Paterson's Brigade
Brigadier General John Paterson |
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Warner's Brigade
Brigadier General Jonathan Warner |
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Daniel Morgan Daniel Morgan was an American pioneer, soldier, and United States Representative from Virginia. One of the most gifted battlefield tacticians of the American Revolutionary War, he later commanded troops during the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion.-Early years:Most authorities believe that... |
Sources
- Luzader, John. F. Saratoga: A Military History of the Decisive Campaign of the American Revolution. Savas Beatie, 2008. ISBN 978-1-932714-44-9