Second Saratoga order of battle explained

The following units and commanders fought at the Second Battle of Saratoga, The Battle of Bemis Heights, on October 7, 1777.

British army

General John Burgoyne

width=25%Wingwidth=25%BrigadeRegiments and Others
Advanced corps  Brigadier-General Simon Fraser (killed)
  • 24th Regiment

Major William Agnew

Right wing
  Major-General William Phillips
1st Brigade
  Brigadier-General James Inglis Hamilton
  • 20th Regiment: Lieutenant-Colonel John Lind
  • 21st Regiment: Major George Forster
  • 62nd Regiment: Lieutenant-Colonel John Anstruther
2nd Brigade
  Brigadier-General Henry Watson Powell
Left wing
  Major-General Friedrich Adolph von Riedesel
1st Brigade
  General Johann Specht
  • von Rhetz (Braunschweiger Regiment): Major Balthasar von Lucke
  • von Specht (Braunschweiger Regiment): Major Carl von Ehrenkrook
  • von Riedesel (Braunschweiger Regiment): Lieutenant-Colonel Ernst von Spaethe
2nd Brigade
  Brigadier-General Wilhelm von Gall
  • Prinz Friedrich (Braunschweiger Regiment): Lieutenant-Colonel Christian Praetorius
  • Erbprinz (Hesse-Hanau Regiment): Lieutenant-Colonel von Lentz
Reserve  Lieutenant-Colonel Heinrich von Breymann
  • Grenadier Battalion: Lieutenant-Colonel Heinrich von Breymann
  • Light Infantry Battalion: Major Ferdinand Albrecht von Bärner
  • Braunschweiger Jagers Company
  • Braunschweiger Dragoon Regiment von Ludwig: Lieutenant-Colonel Friedrich Baum
Artillery  Major Griffith Williams
  • Royal Irish Artillery Detachment
  • 33rd Regiment detachment: Lieutenant George Anson Nutt
  • Hesse-Hanau Artillery company: Captain Georg Pausch

American army

Major General Horatio Gates

Staff

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Left wing
    Major General Horatio Gates
Learned's Brigade
  Brigadier General Ebenezer Learned
Poor's Brigade
  Brigadier General Enoch Poor
Ten Broeck's Brigade New York Militia
  Brigadier General Abraham Ten Broeck
  • 1st Regiment: Colonel Jacob Lansing
  • 3rd Regiment: Colonel Francis Nichol
  • 4th Regiment: Colonel Robert Killian
  • 5th Regiment: Colonel Gerrit G. Ven Den Bergh
  • 6th Regiment: Colonel Stephen John Schuyler
  • 7th Regiment: Colonel Abraham Van Alstine
  • 9th Regiment: Colonel Peter Van Ness
  • 10th Regiment: Colonel Henry Livingston
  • 11th Regiment: Colonel Anthony Van Bergen
  • 12th Regiment: Colonel Jacobus Van Schoonhoven
  • 13th Regiment: Colonel John McCrea
  • Colonel John Knickerbacker's Regiment
  • Colonel Lewis Van Woert's Regiment
Right Wing
    Major General Benjamin Lincoln
Glover's Brigade
  Brigadier General John Glover
Nixon's Brigade
  Brigadier General John Nixon
Paterson's Brigade
  Brigadier General John Paterson
Warner's Brigade
  Brigadier General Jonathan Warner
  • Central Berkshire Regiment of Massachusetts Militia: Colonel John Brown
  • 5th Middlesex Regiment of Massachusetts Militiia: Colonel Samuel Bullard
  • 3rd Suffolk County Regiment of Massachusetts Militia: Colonel Benjamin Gill
  • 1st Hampshire Regiment of Massachusetts Militia: Colonel Benjamin Woodbridge
  • 4th Essex County Regiment of Massachusetts Militia: Colonel Samuel Johnson
Unattached units
  • Morgan's Corps of Rifleman and Light Infantry: Colonel Daniel Morgan

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