August 19, 1777: Gates Inherits an Army, Not a Lost Cause
How Philip Schuyler preserved the Northern Army and Horatio Gates inherited the conditions that would lead to Saratoga
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History is not just something to know. It is something to experience. Past Paths takes readers beyond dates and famous names and asks them to walk the ground, see the landscape, meet the people behind the story, and understand how the past unfolded before
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Burgoyne’s Duer House Headquarters
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This Day in History — August 12, 1777
Learned’s Brigade Marches to Fort Schuyler
This Day in History — August 11, 1777
Wasmus Sees Schuyler’s Saratoga
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Burgoyne, Abigail Adams, and the Saratoga Campaign from Philadelphia