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
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Advanced corps | Brigadier-General Simon Fraser (killed) |
Major William Agnew
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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
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2nd Brigade Brigadier-General Henry Watson Powell |
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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
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2nd Brigade Brigadier-General Wilhelm von Gall | - Prinz Friedrich (Braunschweiger Regiment): Lieutenant-Colonel Christian Praetorius
- Erbprinz (Hesse-Hanau Regiment): Lieutenant-Colonel von Lentz
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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
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Artillery | Major Griffith Williams | - Royal Irish Artillery Detachment
- 33rd Regiment detachment: Lieutenant George Anson Nutt
- Hesse-Hanau Artillery company: Captain Georg Pausch
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American army
Major General Horatio Gates
Staff
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Left wing Major General Horatio Gates | Learned's Brigade Brigadier General Ebenezer Learned |
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Poor's Brigade Brigadier General Enoch Poor |
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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
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Right Wing Major General Benjamin Lincoln | Glover's Brigade Brigadier General John Glover |
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Nixon's Brigade Brigadier General John Nixon |
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Paterson's Brigade Brigadier General John Paterson |
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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
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| Unattached units | - Morgan's Corps of Rifleman and Light Infantry: Colonel Daniel Morgan
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Sources
- Luzader, John. F. Saratoga: A Military History of the Decisive Campaign of the American Revolution. Savas Beatie, 2008.
- Weddle, Kevin. The Compleat Victory: Saratoga and the American Revolution. — Oxford University Press, 2021. — 544 p. — .
- Craig, Joe. “The Battles of Saratoga.” Cobblestone, vol. 20, no. 8, Nov. 1999, p. 20. EBSCOhost, https://search-ebscohost-com.rocky.iona.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ulh&AN=2416003&site=ehost-live&scope=site.
- Loiselle, Brett. “The Battles of Saratoga.” Battles of Saratoga, Aug. 2017, pp. 1–2. EBSCOhost, https://search-ebscohost-com.rocky.iona.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ulh&AN=17916678&site=ehost-live&scope=site.
- Seymour, William. “Turning Point at Saratoga.” Military History, vol. 16, no. 5, Dec. 1999, p. 46. EBSCOhost, https://search-ebscohost-com.rocky.iona.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=afh&AN=2405767&site=ehost-live&scope=site.