| Horatio Gates (1727-1806)...French & Indian War, Revolutionary War. In 1775 Gates was commissioned a Brigadier General; 1776 promoted to Major General; 1777 Gates was named Commander of the Northern Army; defeated Major General John Burgoyne at Saratoga, New York on October 7, 1777; known as the "Hero of Saratoga" (although many historians often credit the field command of Benedict Arnold and Daniel Morgan on the same par as Gates). |