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Showing posts with label Horatio Gates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Horatio Gates. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 17, 2012

This Day in Revolutionary War History (Political Fortunes Shift at Saratoga)

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October 17, 1777—The surrender of British general John Burgoyne at Saratoga , N.Y., did more than just take out of commission one-fift...
Monday, August 16, 2010

This Day in Revolutionary War History (Gates Retreats Into Infamy at Camden)

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August 16, 1780—Like so many other engagements of the American Revolution in the Southern colonies, the Battle of Camden became a full-fled...
Saturday, July 10, 2010

This Day in Revolutionary War History (Patriots Bar Blacks From Struggle for Liberty)

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July 10, 1775—With their war against the world’s greatest imperial power still hardly off the ground, the Continental Army assured that it w...
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