Revolutionary Lives: Northern Campaign of 1777

The Northern Campaign of 1777
Eric Schnitzer, Saratoga National Historical Park
The Northern Campaign of 1777 during the American Revolutionary War was the most decisive turning point of the conflict. This American victory stretched across a vast area, and involved soldiers and warriors from America, Britain, Germany, and Native American peoples. Ultimately the British army was forced to surrender on the banks of the Hudson River in upstate New York, changing the course of the war, and ultimately securing independence for the new United States.
Eric Schnitzer has been an interpreter and historian at Saratoga National Historical Park for more than 20 years, and is currently listed as an Interpretative Ranger and Park Historian. Earlier in 2019, he collaborated with the celebrated military history artist to publish the richly illustrated Don Troiani’s Campaign to Saratoga –1777.
Revolutionary Lives, a free series of events, is produced by the Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the Battles of Saratoga, and made possible with generous grant funding from the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership, with additional support from the New York State Council on the Arts supported by the Governor's Office and the New York State Legislature.