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Battle of Bemis Heights 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-General Simon Fraser (killed)

Right wing
   Major-General William Phillips

1st Brigade


   Brigadier-General James Inglis Hamilton

  • 20th Regiment: Lieutenant-Colonel John Lind
  • 21st Regiment: Major George Forster
  • 62nd Regiment: Lieutenant-Colonel John Anstruther
2nd Brigade


   Brigadier-General Henry Watson Powell

Left wing
   Major-General Friedrich Adolph von Riedesel

1st Brigade


   General Johann Specht

  • von Rhetz (Braunschweiger Regiment): Major Balthasar von Lucke
  • von Specht (Braunschweiger Regiment): Major Carl von Ehrenkrook
  • von Riedesel (Braunschweiger Regiment): Lieutenant-Colonel Ernst von Spaethe
2nd Brigade


   Brigadier-General Wilhelm von Gall

  • Prinz Friedrich (Braunschweiger Regiment): Lieutenant-Colonel Christian Praetorius
  • Erbprinz (Hesse-Hanau Regiment): Lieutenant-Colonel von Lentz
Reserve

   Lieutenant-Colonel Heinrich von Breymann

  • Grenadier Battalion: Lieutenant-Colonel Heinrich von Breymann
  • Light Infantry Battalion: Major Ferdinand Albrecht von Bärner
  • Braunschweiger Jagers Company
  • Braunschweiger Dragoon Regiment von Ludwig: Lieutenant-Colonel Friedrich Baum
Artillery

   Major Griffith Williams

  • Royal Irish Artillery Detachment
  • 33rd Regiment detachment: Lieutenant George Anson Nutt
  • Hesse-Hanau Artillery company: Captain Georg Pausch

American army

Major General Horatio Gates

Staff

Wing Brigade Regiments and Others

Left wing
     Major General Horatio Gates

Learned's Brigade


   Brigadier General Ebenezer Learned

Poor's Brigade


   Brigadier General Enoch Poor

Ten Broeck's Brigade New York Militia


   Brigadier General Abraham Ten Broeck

  • 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 Schoonhoven
  • 13th Regiment: Colonel John McCrea
  • Colonel John Knickerbacker's Regiment
  • Colonel Lewis Van Woert's Regiment

Right Wing
     Major General Benjamin Lincoln

Glover's Brigade


   Brigadier General John Glover

Nixon's Brigade


   Brigadier General John Nixon

Paterson's Brigade


   Brigadier General John Paterson

Warner's Brigade


   Brigadier General Jonathan Warner

  • 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 Hampshire Regiment of Massachusetts Militia: Colonel Benjamin Woodbridge
  • 4th Essex County Regiment of Massachusetts Militia: Colonel Samuel Johnson
Unattached units
  • Morgan's Corps of Rifleman and Light Infantry: Colonel Daniel Morgan

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
  • Weddle, Kevin. The Compleat Victory: Saratoga and the American Revolution. — Oxford University Press, 2021. — 544 p. — ISBN 978-0195331400.
  • Craig, Joe. “The Battles of Saratoga.” Cobblestone, vol. 20, no. 8, Nov. 1999, p. 20. EBSCOhost, https://search-ebscohost-com.rocky.iona.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ulh&AN=2416003&site=ehost-live&scope=site.
  • Loiselle, Brett. “The Battles of Saratoga.” Battles of Saratoga, Aug. 2017, pp. 1–2. EBSCOhost, https://search-ebscohost-com.rocky.iona.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ulh&AN=17916678&site=ehost-live&scope=site.
  • Seymour, William. “Turning Point at Saratoga.” Military History, vol. 16, no. 5, Dec. 1999, p. 46. EBSCOhost, https://search-ebscohost-com.rocky.iona.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=afh&AN=2405767&site=ehost-live&scope=site.
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Saratoga_order_of_battle