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Horatio Gates (26 de julio de 1727 - 10 de abril de 1806) oficial del ejército británico, y posteriormente, general estadounidense durante la guerra de independencia. Su nombre se asocia frecuentemente a la victoria norteamericana en la batalla de Saratoga y a la derrota en Camden .
Horatio Lloyd Gates (July 26, 1727 – April 10, 1806) was a British-born American army officer who served as a general in the Continental Army during the early years of the Revolutionary War. He took credit for the American victory in the Battles of Saratoga (1777) – a matter of contemporary and historical controversy – and was ...
- 1745–1769, 1775–1783
- Thomas Gates (great grandfather)
6 de abr. de 2024 · Horatio Gates (born c. 1728, Maldon, Essex, England—died April 10, 1806, New York, New York, U.S.) was an English-born American general in the American Revolution (1775–83) whose victory over the British at the Battle of Saratoga (1777) turned the tide of victory in behalf of the Revolutionaries.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Title Major General. War & Affiliation Revolutionary War / Patriot. Date of Birth - Death July 26, 1727 - April 10, 1806. Horatio Gates was born July 26, 1727, in Maldon, Essex County, England. Gates’s parents are not known certain, but they were most likely Robert and Dorothea Gates.
Although historians disagree as to how far his involvement went, Horatio Gates was one of the Continental Army officers who challenged Washington's authority during the Newburgh Conspiracy of 1783. This series of videos with historian James Kirby Martin examines the story of Newburgh.
Born on July 26, 1727, in Maldon, England, Horatio Gates came to America at the age of twenty-two as a volunteer with the governor of Nova Scotia, Edward Cornwallis. In 1754, Gates rose to the position of captain and fought during the French and Indian War, suffering a wound during Major General Edward Braddock's defeat in western Pennsylvania ...
Major General Horatio Gates was commander of the Northern Army in the Battles of Saratoga, and it was to him that Lieutenant-General John Burgoyne surrendered on October 17, 1777. The details of Gates’s early life are somewhat obscure. He was born in England in 1727 to working class parents.
