On this day in 1777,
Brig. Gen. Philip Schuyler abandons Ft. Edward and marches down the Hudson to Saratoga. His delaying tactic slows Gen. John Burgoyne forces to a crawl, taking 24 days to travel 23 miles. As Burgoyne approaches the fort, the retreating Americans torch crops and grasslands to deny the British forage, horses, and meat at the Battle of Fort Edward.
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Brig. Gen. Philip Schuyler abandons Ft. Edward and marches down the Hudson to Saratoga. His delaying tactic slows Gen. John Burgoyne forces to a crawl, taking 24 days to travel 23 miles. As Burgoyne approaches the fort, the retreating Americans torch crops and grasslands to deny the British forage, horses, and meat at the Battle of Fort Edward.
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