Earlier, he had taken over from Phillip Schuyler just in time to take credit for victories won mostly by the actions of John Stark and Benedict Arnold, at Bennington and Freeman's Farm.
This man was severely wounded as a major at the Battle of the Monongahela, and he served as an aide to Robert Monckton during his capture of Martinique, also during the Seven Years War. This man was supposedly the choice of the "Conway Cabal" to lead the armies of the nation he served, although he did get a chance to lead all of the southern armies, a role in which he was less successful as he had been previously, commanding a decisive defeat at the Battle of Camden. Earlier, he had taken over from Phillip Schuyler just in time to take credit for victories won mostly by the actions of John Stark and Benedict Arnold, at Bennington and Freeman's Farm. For 10 points, who was this American general who took credit for the victory at the Battle of Saratoga?
This man was severely wounded as a major at the Battle of the Monongahela, and he served as an aide to Robert Monckton during his capture of Martinique, also during the Seven Years War.
Horatio {Gates}