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Prelude to Saratoga Battles at Oriskany and Bennington
Two small but pivotal 1777 engagements shaped the Saratoga campaign. At Oriskany, Herkimer’s militia held off Loyalists and Indians despite heavy losses, sending him to die days later. At Bennington, Stark’s New Hampshire and Vermont troops shattered Burgoyne’s detachment, boosting Patriot morale and hastening Burgoyne’s downfall.
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Saratoga
Herkimer
Oriskany
Stark
Bennington
France
England
Creasy
Horatio Gates
Nicholas Herkimer
John Stark
Washington
Lord Germain
John Burgoyne
Canada
Montreal
Oswego
New York
Albany
Hudson River
New England
Germain
Burgoyne
S Willett
St. Leger
Honikol
Lincoln
Schuyler
Stillwater
Vermont
Safford
Walloomsac
Baum
St. Johns
Fort Ticonderoga
Arthur St. Clair
Sugar Hill
Fort Edward
Barry St. Leger
Fort Stanwix
Fort Schuyler
Rome
WN. Y
Jacob Klock
Frederick Visscher
Peter Bellinger
Fort Dayton
West Canada Creek
Mohawk River
Oriskany Creek
Sir John Johnson
Johnson Greens
Cox
Paris
Benedict Arnold
Honikel
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Johnny
Manchester
N. H
Rogers’ Rangers
Bunker Hill
Trenton
Princeton
Congress
Continental Army
Ticonderoga
New Commonwealth
Warner
Onel Breyman
Breyman
Sarooga