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    Horatio Gates

    American general in the American Revolutionary War

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  1. Horatio Lloyd Gates (July 26, 1727 – April 10, 1806) was a British-born American army officer who served as a general in the Continental Army during the early years of the Revolutionary War. He took credit for the American victory in the Battles of Saratoga (1777) – a matter of contemporary and historical controversy – and was blamed for ...

  2. Horatio Gates (born c. 1728, Maldon, Essex, England—died April 10, 1806, New York, New York, U.S.) was an English-born American general in the American Revolution (1775–83) whose victory over the British at the Battle of Saratoga (1777) turned the tide of victory in behalf of the Revolutionaries. Gates first served in North America in the ...

  3. Horatio Gates. Born on July 26, 1727, in Maldon, England, Horatio Gates came to America at the age of twenty-two as a volunteer with the governor of Nova Scotia, Edward Cornwallis. In 1754, Gates rose to the position of captain and fought during the French and Indian War, suffering a wound during Major General Edward Braddock's defeat in ...

  4. Feb 20, 2024 · General Horatio Gates. July 26, 1727–April 10, 1806. General Horatio Gates was an officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He led American forces to victory at Saratoga but failed at Camden. He was also involved in the Conway Cabal, a plot against George Washington, and the Newburgh Conspiracy against Congress.

  5. Horatio Gates. Date of Birth - Death July 26, 1727 - April 10, 1806. Horatio Gates was born July 26, 1727, in Maldon, Essex County, England. Gates’s parents are not known certain, but they were most likely Robert and Dorothea Gates. His mother worked as a housekeeper for the second Duke of Leeds, Peregrine Osborne, then for the third Duke of ...

  6. Jul 9, 2024 · Horatio Gates (1727-1806) was an English-born general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Initially viewed as a hero for his stunning victory at the Battles of Saratoga, Gates' reputation was later tarnished by both his involvement in the Conway Cabal to replace George Washington as army commander, and his catastrophic defeat at the Battle of Camden.

  7. Jul 1, 2019 · Updated on July 01, 2019. Fast Facts: Horatio Gates. Known For: Retired British soldier who fought in the American Revolution as a U.S. brigadier general. Born: About 1727 in Maldon, England. Parents: Robert and Dorothea Gates. Died: April 10, 1806 in New York City, New York. Education: Unknown, but gentleman's education in Great Britain.

  8. Major General Horatio Gates was commander of the Northern Army in the Battles of Saratoga, and it was to him that Lieutenant-General John Burgoyne surrendered on October 17, 1777. The details of Gates’s early life are somewhat obscure. He was born in England in 1727 to working class parents. Because his mother was a favored housekeeper for ...

  9. Jun 11, 2018 · Gates, Horatio (1727/8–1806), Revolutionary War general.Born in Old Malden, Surrey, to an unlettered English customs official and the housekeeper of the duke of Bolton's mistress, Gates was commissioned a British army lieutenant in 1745, through Bolton's influence. In the French and Indian War, after being wounded at Monongahela in 1755, he rose to the rank of major, but eventually barred ...

  10. Born on July 26, 1727, in Maldon, England, Horatio Gates came to America at the age of twenty-two as a volunteer with the governor of Nova Scotia, Edward Cornwallis. In 1754, Gates rose to the position of captain and fought during the French and Indian War, suffering a wound during Major General Edward Braddock's defeat in western Pennsylvania ...

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