Battles of Saratoga

The Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga, 1821

The Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga by John Trumbull, 1821

QUICK FACTS

MAPS OF THE BATTLES

Overview

Burgoyne’s Expedition, Movements Jun—Oct-1777

First Saratoga

The Battle of Trenton, Initial Dispositions, 26-Dec-1776

First Saratoga, Situation at 1300 Hours, 19-Sep-1777

First Saratoga, Situation at 1700 Hours, 19-Sep-1777

Second Saratoga

Saratoga, Burgoyne’s Camp, 11—17-Oct-1777

Map courtesy of the Department of History,
United States Military Academy

LINKS

All Battle Maps
SITE: The History Department at the United States Military Academy

Portrait to come. See entry in Wikipedia.

Associated with

I set out on this ground, which I suppose to be self-evident, that the earth belongs in usufruct to the living; that the dead have neither powers nor rights over it. This, with its echo of the Declaration (self-evident) was Jefferson at his most terse. Except for the phrase in usufruct — a legalism meaning the right to use property for a certain time — Jefferson’s words could be chiseled in stone, or shouted on the hustings.

— Richard Brookhiser

James Madison (2011)