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Burgoyne and the Saratoga Campaign: His Papers Paperback – January 7, 2014

by Douglas R. Cubbison (Author)
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The American victory over the British at Saratoga in 1777 was arguably the pivotal event of the American Revolutionary War. The British defeat led France and Spain to declare war on Britain, transforming a colonial uprising into a world war and, by distracting the British with a European conflict, assuring the colonists’ success. The British troops at Saratoga were led by Lieutenant General John Burgoyne, and two years after his defeat he faced a parliamentary investigation into his conduct of the campaign.

In Burgoyne and the Saratoga Campaign, Douglas R. Cubbison presents the papers that Burgoyne gathered preparatory to his appearance before Parliament, together with Cubbison’s own interpretive narrative of the campaign, based on these documents and other sources. The papers, most of them published here for the first time, comprise Burgoyne’s correspondence with the governor general of Canada, the British secretary of state for America, and the commander of the British army during the Saratoga expedition. The letters and reports outline the campaign’s political organization and planning, logistical preparations, and implementation.

Burgoyne is one of the most colorful and fascinating figures of the American Revolution. A successful British commander in Portugal during the Seven Years’ War, he was also a popular playwright, and those of his letters included and carefully annotated here reflect his literary gifts. At the outbreak of the revolution in 1775, Burgoyne was promoted to major general. Thanks largely to his political connections, he was dispatched in 1776 to lead the detachment of the British army sent to stop the rebels from seizing Canada. Cubbison concludes that the ultimate defeat of this expedition at Saratoga was due to lax planning in London and in the field. Burgoyne’s cavalry career in Europe had not prepared him for warfare along the waterways and deep in the woods of Canada and New York. The general also seriously underestimated the capabilities of the American rebels.

The documents Burgoyne assembled in 1779—and Cubbison’s narrative and analysis of the challenges faced by Burgoyne and his associates—are crucial for understanding this turning point in the Revolutionary War.
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  1. Print length
    400 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    University of Oklahoma Press
  4. Publication date
    January 7, 2014
  5. Dimensions
    6.13 x 0.97 x 9.25 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0806144610
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0806144610
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“Publication of a previously inaccessible trove of primary source documents collected by Burgoyne himself represents a significant achievement. . . . An original and important contribution to the military history of the American Revolution”―On Point: The Journal of Army History

About the Author

Douglas R. Cubbison, a former U.S. Army Field Artillery Officer and Command Historian, is curator of the Wyoming Veterans’ Memorial Museum in Casper and author of The American Northern Theater Army in 1776: The Ruin and Reconstruction of the Continental Force and Burgoyne and the Saratoga Campaign: His Papers.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Oklahoma Press; Annotated edition (January 7, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0806144610
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0806144610
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.33 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.13 x 0.97 x 9.25 inches
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TERRY A DELBENE author of 'Dem Bon'z
5.0 out of 5 stars Another Arthur Clark masterpiece.
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Excellent to see so many papers of the 1777 Saratoga Campaign reproduced.
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David Manthey
4.0 out of 5 stars A good, British-focused view of the Saratoga Campaign
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2013
I found the lengthy introduction a pleasant change from the usual American-focused accounts of the campaign of 1777. The author raises some points and suggests some rationale for why Burgoyne directed his army in certain ways. He does, however, assume fairly intimate knowledge of the military events of 1777. The actual papers are interesting, but feel very fragmentary without more supporting documents. I found them surprisingly consistent in their orthography.

My one petty gripe is that the author says early on that underlines indicate emphasis in the original, and then this statement is made every time any thing is underlined -- unnecessary.

This book wouldn't be a good stand-alone look at this major battle of the American Revolution, but I thought it a valuable addition to the literature.
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