Battle of Freeman's Farm

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The Battle of Freeman's Farm was the first major engagement of the 1777 Saratoga campaign in the American Revolutionary War, where American forces checked a British advance in upstate New York.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military engagement
alsoKnownAs Battle of Freeman's Farm
surface form: First Battle of Saratoga
AmericanCasualtiesAndLosses approximately 300 killed and wounded
AmericanForcesStrength approximately 7,000–8,000 troops
AmericanUnitInvolved Continental Army
Morgan's Rifle Corps
belligerent Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
surface form: Brunswick-Lüneburg

Great Britain
Hesse-Kassel
surface form: Hesse-Hanau

United States of America
surface form: United States
BritishCasualtiesAndLosses approximately 600 killed and wounded
BritishForcesStrength approximately 6,000–7,000 troops
BritishUnitInvolved British regular infantry
Brunswick Army
surface form: Brunswick troops

Hessian auxiliaries
campaign Saratoga campaign
commander Benedict Arnold
Daniel Morgan
Friedrich Adolf Riedesel
surface form: Friedrich Riedesel

Horatio Gates
John Burgoyne
Simon Fraser
conflict American Revolutionary War
country United States of America
surface form: United States
date September 19, 1777
followedBy Battle of Bemis Heights
historicalPeriod 18th century
historicalRegion British America
location Saratoga Battlefield
surface form: Freeman's Farm, New York

near Saratoga, New York
partOf Saratoga campaign
precededBy British capture of Fort Ticonderoga
primaryObjective British attempt to break American defensive line at Bemis Heights
relatedEvent Saratoga campaign
surface form: Surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga
result strategic American advantage
tactically inconclusive
significance contributed to eventual British surrender at Saratoga
first major engagement of the Saratoga campaign
helped halt British advance in upstate New York
strategicGoalOfBritain to secure control of the Hudson River Valley
strategicGoalOfUnitedStates to block Burgoyne's advance toward Albany
tacticsUsed American riflemen skirmishing
intense musketry and artillery duel
terrain fields and clearings around Freeman's Farm
wooded farmland
theater Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War
year 1777

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Saratoga campaign hasPart Battle of Freeman's Farm
Saratoga campaign hasPart Battle of Freeman's Farm
this entity surface form: First Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Bennington preludeTo Battle of Freeman's Farm
this entity surface form: First Battle of Saratoga (Battle of Freeman’s Farm)
Battle of Freeman's Farm alsoKnownAs Battle of Freeman's Farm
this entity surface form: First Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Bemis Heights precededBy Battle of Freeman's Farm
Siege of Saratoga hasPart Battle of Freeman's Farm
this entity surface form: First Battle of Saratoga
Siege of Saratoga hasPart Battle of Freeman's Farm
Morgan's Riflemen notableEngagement Battle of Freeman's Farm
Saratoga Battlefield hasPart Battle of Freeman's Farm
this entity surface form: Freeman’s Farm
Bemis Heights associatedWithEvent Battle of Freeman's Farm
this entity surface form: First Battle of Saratoga (Battle of Freeman’s Farm)