American Revolution: The Battle of Saratoga, 1777

The Saratoga Campaign of 1777: As the American Revolution rages on, General Burgoyne leads a formidable British army southward from Canada, aiming to split the rebellious colonies and crush their resistance. Meanwhile, General Gates is placed in command of the American Northern Army, and is tasked with halting Burgoyne's advance. Amidst the dense forests and rugged terrain of upstate New York, the fate of the Revolution will once again hang in the balance.

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History Rebels: welcome to our series on the American Revolution. Join us as we explore the key battles, strategies, and politics that led to the birth of a nation!

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Credits:
With huge thanks to Dale Watson, Ken Smith, & Mark Maritato for use of their Artwork. You can find out more and see full collections on the American Revolution and much more at:

Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
07:51 Indian Tribes
12:15 Battle of Oriskany
16:22 Battle of Freeman's Farm
22:32 Battle Bemis Heights

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Notable Sources:
The Complete Victory, Kevin Weddle
Saratoga, Richard Ketchum
The Battle of Oriskany and General Nicholas Herkimer: revolution in the Mohawk Valley, Paul A. Boelhert.
Native Americans in the American Revolution, Ethan Schmidt
‘Indian Wars’ and the Struggle for Eastern North America, 1763–1842, Robert Owens
The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789, Robert Middlekauff
The War for American Independence, 1775-1783, Jeremy Black
Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution, Nathaniel Philbrick

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[HistoryRebels]

[Note: humble apologies for the 'smallpox blanket' gaff at 08:11. This was a mistake in researching that I'm embarrassed about. It will be correct in a future compilation video for the series.]

[TheManFromWaco]

I find it one of history's great ironies that despite the Saratoga Campaign being one of the most decisive battles in American history, its two main architects ended their careers in disgrace. Benedict Arnold went on to commit high treason, and Gates spent the remainder of his military career using Saratoga as leverage in political maneuvers against Washington- until defeat and personal cowardice at Camden in 1780 finally saw him sidelined. Philip Schuyler is best known as Alexander Hamilton's father-in-law. And while Daniel Morgan's patriotic and military reputation remains unimpeachable, his relatively quiet post-war life has left him remembered only by American history buffs.

[ciscof]

Love that your channel focuses on American Revolutionary battles. Good narration, maps, pictures, and battle tracking. Keep vids coming! 👍

[kevindutton]

This content is woefully underrated. Easily on the level
Of kings and generals in quality. Keep them coming

[Dantheman]

Dude, this content is insane. The field of view or fog of war. Whatever you want to call it that you put in there give such a cool perspective like another comment said this is on Kings and generals quality.

[chrishackett]

General Nicholas Herkimer and the Tryon County Militia are true patriots and revered heroes to this day in the Mohawk Valley. There’s an excellent book written by Boonville, NY native, Walter D. Edmund’s called Drums Along the Mohawk which was also made into the 1939 movie drama of the same title. General Nicholas Herkimer is portrayed in the movie along with other true families such as the Weavers and Reals. Great movie staring a young Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert. Excellent history video.

[ExoticD]

New video? Yes sir! Half an hour?! YES SIR!!! THE SARATOGA CAMPAIGN?!?! YES

[michaelscherer]

I love how you covered the entire Saratoga campaign and gave us the big picture with the important smaller battles leading up to the famous Saratoga battle. Oriskany, Bennington and Freeman’s farm. Also the context of the Native Americans role in this campaign. Thank you for your videos on our revolution. We need to pass the important history of all these battles down so they are never forgotten, and with your top notch professional presentation, music, maps, animation, details, makes it possible for all of us who care about this history to share with anyone

[kathyastrom]

Great video! My 6th great grandfather fought in what he called “both battles of Stillwater” in his letter for an increase in his pension. I was confused by that until I looked it up and realized he meant Saratoga.

The podcast Revolutions has a terrific episode about Saratoga that is my favorite on his show. It has little snarky comments throughout, mostly about Burgoyne’s “party train”—“Upstate New York is LOVELY this time of year!” The rivalry between Gates and Arnold also gets a lot of attention.

[restitvtororbis]

I'm still amazed at how high quality these videos have been since the very beginning. I found this channel right after the second video aired and couldn't believe that channel with a few hundred subs was already making this level of content from day one. These are genuinely the best videos I've seen on the Revolutionary War

[swampyankee]

Well done. I highly recommend spending several days visiting the Saratoga Battlefield, which is like a small Gettysburg, Ft Ticonderoga, and everything in between. The Hubbardton Battlefield is pretty much as it was and is a must see.

[brianackley]

Upstate New Yorker here. This is a well-done video! One minor item of note: Oriskany is pronounced with an emphasis on the second syllable.

[PeterCombs]

According to a study among Militarty Historians, Saratoga was the most important, not the largest, but most important battle in the history of Military warfare as it let America become a country..that changed the world. "The Generals of Saratoga" is an excellent book.

[edgarsnake]

I've walked the Saratoga battlefield a couple of times. This video summed up the battles beautifully. Excellent presentation.

[jimmythebuddhistbee]

So happy when I saw this channel uploaded. In a year or two this channel is going to be huge!

[WarhawkYT]

Hell yeah one of the coolest and dynamic battles of the American Revolution! Great stuff man!

[loyalpiper]

Mate, this channel is amazing, definitely one of the higher quality epic history TV style channels, if you're able to keep up uploads like this you'll go far.

[ryanabercrombie]

Im not a big fan of Mondays, but this upload made it count for a lot. Fantastic work!
Cant wait to see your channel grow to new heights.

[eddiethatch]

Excellent video, keep up the great work!

[louismarucci]

Being a native of Rome, NY the current location of Fort Stanwix and a history major in college, the entire campaign was known as The Pronged Attack. Between Ft. Stanwix holding out and General Herkimer’s forces at the Battle of Oriskany (the ravine east of Stanwix) British aspirations to split the colonies were never realized and thus we were taught was the turning point of the war.