Second Saratoga order of battle
The following units and commanders fought at the Second Battle of Saratoga, The Battle of Bemis Heights, on October 7, 1777.
British army
General John Burgoyne
Wing |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
Advanced corps |
Brigadier Simon Fraser (killed) |
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Right wing |
1st Brigade
Brigadier James Hamilton
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- 20th Regiment: Lieutenant Colonel John Lind
- 21st Regiment: Major George Forster
- 62nd Regiment: Lieutenant Colonel John Ansruther
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2nd Brigade
Brigadier Henry Powell
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Left wing |
1st Brigade
General Johann Specht
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- von Rhetz (Braunschweiger Regiment): Major Carl von Ehrenkrook
- von Specht (Braunschweiger Regiment): Lieutenant Colonel Ernst Spaethe
- von Riedesel (Braunschweiger Regiment): General von Gall
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2nd Brigade |
- Prinz Friedrich (Braunschweiger Regiment): Lieutenant Colonel Christian Praetorius
- Erbprinz (Hesse-Hanau Regiment): General von Gall
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Reserve |
Lieutenant Colonel Heinrich von Breymann |
- Grenadier Battalion: Lieutenant Colonel Heinrich von Breymann
- Light Infantry Battalion
- Braunschweiger Jagers Company
- Braunschweiger Dragoon Regiment von Ludwig: Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich Baum
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Artillery |
Major Griffith Williams |
- Royal Irish Artillery Detachment
- 33rd Regiment detachment
- Hesse-Hanau Artillery company: Captain Georg Pausch
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American army
Major General Horatio Gates
Wing |
Brigade |
Regiments and Others |
Left wing
Major General Horatio Gates |
Learned's Brigade
Brigadier General Ebenezer Learned
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Poor's Brigade
Brigadier General Enoch Poor
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Ten Broeck's Brigade New York Militia
Brigadier General Abraham Ten Broeck
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- 1st Regiment: Colonel Jacob Lansing
- 3rd Regiment: Colonel Francis Nichol
- 4th Regiment: Colonel Robert Killian
- 5th Regiment: Colonel Gerrit G. Ven Den Bergh
- 6th Regiment: Colonel Stephen John Schuyler
- 7th Regiment: Colonel Abraham Van Alstine
- 9th Regiment: Colonel Peter Van Ness
- 10th Regiment: Colonel Henry Livingston
- 11th Regiment: Colonel Anthony Van Bergen
- 12th Regiment: Colonel Jacobus Van Schonbeven
- 13th Regiment: Colonel John MacCrane
- Colonel John Knickerbacker's Regiment
- Colonel Lewis Van Woert's Regiment
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Right Wing
Major General Benjamin Lincoln |
Glover's Brigade
Brigadier General John Glover
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Nixon's Brigade
Brigadier General John Nixon
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Paterson's Brigade
Brigadier General John Paterson
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Warner's Brigade
Brigadier General Jonathan Warner
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- Central Berkshire Regiment of Massachusetts Militia: Colonel John Brown
- 5th Middlesex Regiment of Massachusetts Militiia: Colonel Samuel Bullard
- 3rd Suffolk County Regiment of Massachusetts Militia: Colonel Benjamin Gill
- 1st New Hampshire Regiment of Massachusetts Militia: Colonel Benjamin Woodbridge
- 4th Essex County Regiment of Massachusetts Militia: Colonel Samuel Johnson
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Unattached units |
- Morgan's Corps of Rifleman and Light Infantry: Colonel Daniel Morgan
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Sources
- Luzader, John. F. Saratoga: A Military History of the Decisive Campaign of the American Revolution. Savas Beatie, 2008. ISBN 978-1-932714-44-9