Episode 143 Burgoyne's Northern Army

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

History, Education

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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General Burgoyne assembles his army in Canada. His army of thousands, led by Simon Fraser, William Phillips, Baron von Rediesel assembles in the early summer of 1777 to march on Fort Ticonderoga, then down the Hudson valley to cut of New England and reestablish British authority. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: Where a Man Can Go: Major General William Phillips, British Royal Artillery, 1731-1781, by Robert P. Davis. Online Recommendation of the Week: History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, by Francis Duncan: https://archive.org/details/historyroyalreg02duncgoog Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:59.0	Today episode 143 General Burggoin's Northern Army.
1:05.1	General Johnny Bergoin got London's approval to lead an Army south from Quebec
1:10.3	to capture the Hudson Valley, Albany, and link up with the larger army in New York City.
1:17.0	General Burgoyne arrived in Quebec in May 6, 1777.
1:22.0	From there he traveled upriver to Montreal where he met with
1:26.2	commanding general in Canada Sir Guy Carleton. Although Berghoyne was going to take
1:31.8	a large force of several thousand soldiers, he did not have any generals under his command.
1:38.0	However, he did appoint quite a few colonels to be generals in America for the purposes of this mission.
1:46.2	Today I want to go through some of those officers who became key members of what would become
1:51.4	known as the Saratoga campaign.
1:54.8	The first man I want to mention is Simon Frazier.
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