-
In the first battle of Saratoga, the Battle of Freeman's Farm took place on September 19, 1777. A militia of sharpshooters from Virginia harassed the British while other colonist forces aggressively charged into battle with them Burgoyne lost two men for everyone on the American side
-
the first major American victory of the Revolutionary War as Gen Horatio Gates and Gen Benedict Arnold defeat Gen Burgoyne inflicting 600 British casualties
-
Burgoyne found himself trapped by superior American forces with no relief so he retreated to Saratoga now Schuylerville and surrendered his entire army to Gates
