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FC25 from September 27. Hello and thank you for joining the American Revolution.

Today, episode 154, John Stark raises an army.

So last week we covered a couple of the raids around New York City that were happening in

late summer 1777.

This week we're heading back up to upstate New York and New England.

By the beginning of August 1777 General Berguin's Army had reached the Hudson River.

To the west, Fort Stanwick's was The weeks ago. We last left General Burgoyne following the murder of Jane McCray, which also helped

to spur Patriot opposition to his army and resulting in some of his Indian warriors abandoning the mission and going home.

The American defense, however, was still in complete disarray.

General Philip Skyler was trying to rally an army of both Continental's and militia near Fort Edward

to stop Burgoyne's March on Albany. But after the loss of Fort Ticoroga, many Americans had lost faith in the Army.

Desertions were still far outnumbering the small numbers of reinforcements that General

Washington had sent marching north to join Skyler.

General Burgoyne had taken Fort Edward again without any fight.

General Skyler moved to the other side of the Hudson River, using the river as a barrier between the

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