Freeman's Farm: The British Won the Field and Lost the Campaign
Freeman's Farm, Battle of Saratoga 1777: a British victory that cost too much.
Watch the full documentary: https://youtu.be/aN9621mbTx8
Sources
- American Battlefield Trust, Saratoga campaign summary and Articles of Convention: https://www.battlefields.org/learn/revolutionary-war/battles/saratoga
- National Park Service, Saratoga National Historical Park (Boot Monument, surrender site): https://www.nps.gov/sara/
- Friends of the Saratoga Battlefield, analysis of Arnold's wound (from James Thacher's records): https://friendsofthesaratogabattlefield.org/
- Architect of the Capitol, Surrender of General Burgoyne (John Trumbull): https://www.aoc.gov/explore-capitol-campus/art/surrender-general-burgoyne
- Disputed points (Arnold on Sept 19, permission on Oct 7, the Timothy Murphy story) are presented as disputes, with the historians named.
Some pictures are AI-assisted artistic reconstructions and are labeled on screen. Maps and documents are original schematic graphics, not to scale. Narration is a synthetic voice.
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