| 1775/04/00 |
George Palmer equips the first Patriot troops from Saratoga to take the field of battle. The Marker for his home site can be found on Palmer St, 1 block west of Hudson Ave in Stillwater, New York. |
Stillwater, New York
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| 1777/09/16 |
British General John Burgoyne wins a small, but costly battle over American forces led by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold |
Saratoga National Historical Park, Stillwater
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| 1777/09/19 |
Col Daniel Morgan's light infantry and riflemen attack British regulars at John Freeman's farm. |
Saratoga National Historical Park, Stillwater
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| 1777/09/19 |
Lt Eleazer Pinney fights with the Connecticut corps in the campaign against Burgoyne at Stillwater. |
Saratoga National Historical Park, Stillwater
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| 1777/10/00 |
Ezekiel Merrill participates in the capture of Burgoyne at Saratoga. Merrill enlisted in the Continental Army at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, and will re-enlisted repeatedly throughout the war. |
Saratoga National Historical Park, Stillwater
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| 1777/10/07 |
The Connecticut Corps storm the Burgoyne's camp at Saratoga. |
Saratoga National Historical Park, Stillwater
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| 1777/10/07 |
Zackquill Morgan commands 600 American troops, nearly half are lost to the battle |
Saratoga National Historical Park, Stillwater
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| 1777/10/07 |
Daniel Morgan and his Patriot troops attack the British right in Simeon Barber's wheat field. The outnumbered British retreat, abandoning most of their cannons, and all the wheat. |
Saratoga National Historical Park, Stillwater
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| 1777/10/17 |
British General Burgoyne signs the Convention agreement, surrendering his army to American General Gates. Burgoyne's army consist of 2,139 British, 2,022 Germans and 830 Canadians. |
Saratoga Surrender Site, Schuylerville
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| 1777/10/17 |
British Lt General John Burgoyne and Patriot Major General Horatio Gates and their staffs retire to a hilltop after the surrender. |
Saratoga Surrender Site, Schuylerville
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| 1777/10/17 |
After the surrender of the British Army, British and Patriot general staffs retire to the hilltop. |
Saratoga Surrender Site, Schuylerville
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| 1777/10/18 |
After British Gen Burgoyne surrenders his army to the Americans, his troops leave their weapons on the field of surrender and march to Stillwater. |
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| 1777/10/25 |
After marching through Schatecoke (Schaghticoke), New City (Lansingburg), Greenbush, Kinderhook, NY and Nobletown, MA, defeated British troops from Saratoga arrive in Great Barrington, Massachusetts on their way of Cambridge. |
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| 1777/11/00 |
John Paul Jones sails from Portsmouth in November 1777, bringing the news of the Patriot victory at Saratoga to the French Court. |
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| 1777/11/06 |
Having marched via Greenfield, Blandford, Westfield, West Springfield, Springfield, Palmer, Brookfield, Leicester, Worcester and Marlborough, defeated British troops from Saratoga arrive at Weston, MA. |
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| 1777/11/07 |
Defeated British troops from Saratoga arrive at Cambridge, MA. Called the Winter Hill prison camp, Brunswick and Hessen Hanau Regiments will be kept in Barracks for a whole year. The American Congress did not ratify the Convention agreement. |
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| 1778/08/00 |
A loan of 2 million silver crowns from Louis XVI of France for the financing of the Army, negotiated in Paris by Benjamin Franklin, are carried from d'Estaing's war vessels and left in care of paymaster Gen Hancock. |
Ebenezer Hancock House, Boston
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