The Untold Story of the Battle of Saratoga: A Turning Point in the Revolutionary War
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Michael Burgan
Michael Burgan has written more than 250 books for children and young adults. His specialty is history, with an emphasis on biography. A graduate of the University of Connecticut with a degree in history, Burgan is also a produced playwright and the editor of The Biographer’s Craft, the newsletter for Biographers International Organization. He first started writing for children as an editor at Weekly Reader before beginning his freelance career in 1994. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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The Untold Story of the Battle of Saratoga - Michael Burgan
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CHAPTER One
A Decisive Time
Inside his quarters in upstate New York Major General Benedict Arnold heard the sounds of war all around him. He wanted to be out on the battlefield leading his men against the British once again. He had fought bravely several weeks before during a battle at nearby Freeman’s Farm. But Arnold had bitterly quarreled with his commanding officer, Major General Horatio Gates, who was in charge of the entire Northern Army. When the second Battle of Saratoga began, Gates ordered Arnold to stay at the camp.
But as muskets fired and cannons roared, Arnold couldn’t stand it anymore. He borrowed a horse and rushed off to the battle. He would once again lead American troops in their fight for freedom and independence from British rule. Arnold had no idea that this would be a turning point in the fighting and one of the most important battles of the Revolutionary War.
images/img-5-1.jpgBenedict Arnold fought courageously at the Battle of Saratoga.
A Difficult War
The two battles collectively known as the Battle of Saratoga were fought September 19 and October 7, 1777. By then the Revolutionary War had been going strong for more than two years. The patriots were struggling against the much larger and better-trained British Army. Back in March 1776, the British had pulled out of Boston, the scene of the first major fighting. But then they sent 30,000 troops to capture New York City.
During a series of battles that summer, the British won several key victories to seize control of New York City and the surrounding area. In December 1776 General George Washington wrote to his cousin Lund expressing the problems his Continental army faced: …your imagination can scarce extend to a situation more distressing than mine.
George Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River in late December 1776 allowed his troops to launch a surprise attack on the Hessian stationed at Trenton.
The first hint of hope for Washington came December 26, 1776, when American forces at Trenton, New Jersey, surprised and captured hundreds of Hessian soldiers who were fighting for the British. Another American victory came the following week at nearby Princeton. A loyalist wrote that the patriots had been losing faith in the cause, but the two victories made them all liberty mad again.
These American victories were short lived, however, and Washington’s problems soon returned. In early 1777 the Continental army had roughly 3,000 men. Washington pleaded with the states to send militia to help his full-time soldiers, but the states had trouble recruiting men to fight. In addition, the Continental Congress was struggling to pay its bills as it fought a war that seemed as if it might drag on forever.
Help from the Hessians
The Germans who fought for the British during the Revolutionary