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20 de fev. de 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.
Horatio Gates' wife, Mary Vallance Gates, died in 1810. In the wake of her death, Joel Barlow inherited the papers of Horatio Gates. Barlow, a poet and politician, had intended to write a history of the American Revolution. However in 1811, President James Madison sent Barlow on a diplomatic mission to France.
7 de dez. de 2015 · General Horatio Gates, born in England about 1728, was a resident of what is now the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia during the period of his service as an American officer in the Revolutionary War. Gates, who had served as a British officer in the French and Indian War, returned to America in 1772.
27 de fev. de 2024 · He was replaced by General Horatio Gates, an ambitious officer who had long been seeking the glory of an independent command. On 3 August, Gates arrived at Stillwater, a small town along the Hudson where the ragtag units of the northern American army had begun to coalesce.
Horatio Gates. Gilbert Stuart American. ca. 1793–94. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 774. This portrait, representing Revolutionary War hero General Horatio Gates (1728–1806), was painted long after he led his troops to victory at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777. Although his military career was turbulent, the English-born Gates ...
19 de ago. de 2021 · General Horatio Gates’ ride north after Camden was one of the most publicized events surrounding the Battle of Camden. As the American militia broke on the left, Gates was swept off the battlefield and personally retreated all the way to Charlotte that night (60 miles north) and then to Hillsborough, NC (120 miles from Camden) by August 19th.
27 de jul. de 2022 · Horatio Gates is called the “Coward of Camden” because he made tactical errors at the Battle of Camden that led to the defeat of the American army and around 2,000 casualties, including the death of Baron de Kalb. Afterward, Alexander Hamilton accused Gates of cowardice and abandoning his army. Who replaced Horatio Gates?
