UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fred A. Seaton, Secretary
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Conrad L. Wirth, Director
HISTORICAL HANDBOOK NUMBER FOUR
This publication is one of a series of handbooks describing thehistorical and archeological areas in the National Park System,administered by the National Park Service of the United StatesDepartment of the Interior. It is printed by the GovernmentPrinting Office and may be purchased from the Superintendentof Documents, Washington 25, D. C. Price 25 cents.
SARATOGA
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
NEW YORK
by Charles W. Snell and Francis F. Wilshin
National Park Service Historical Handbook Series No. 4
Washington 25, D.C., 1950
(Revised 1959)
504451 O-59-2
REVISED 1959 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1959 OF—504451
The National Park System, of which Saratoga National HistoricalPark is a unit, is dedicated to conserving the scenic,scientific, and historic heritage of the United States for thebenefit and inspiration of its people.
Contents
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- THE BRITISH PLAN OF 1777 3
- THE BURGOYNE CAMPAIGN 4
- RETREAT OF THE AMERICANS 6
- THE ST. LEGER EXPEDITION 8
- THE BATTLE OF BENNINGTON 10
- THE AMERICAN LINE 11
- COMPOSITION OF THE AMERICAN ARMY 12
- THE BATTLE OF SEPTEMBER 19 12
- THE BATTLE OF OCTOBER 7 19
- RETREAT AND SURRENDER 24
- GUIDE TO THE PARK 31
- The American River Redoubts 31
- Site of Fort Neilson 32
- The Neilson House 32
- American Powder Magazine 33
- Freeman’s Farm 33
- Balcarres Redoubt 33
- Breymann Redoubt 34
- First Line of Battle, October 7 34
- The Gen. Philip Schuyler Property 35
- HOW TO REACH THE PARK 35
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