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ates it, 66; described, 66, _note_. FORT GEORGE, position of, 16; Americans evacuate it, 66; and British occupy it, 66. FORT OSWEGO, position of, 30. FORT STANWIX, position of, 30; St. Leger's force, 35; garrisoned and defended, 90, 91; attempt to relieve fails, 91; garrison makes a sally, 92; siege raised, 93; 94, _note_. FRANCIS, EBENEZER, covers retreat from Ticonderoga, fights Frazer at Hubbardton, but is killed, 51; 55, _note_. FRAZER, SIMON, commands a corps under Burgoyne, 34, 35; takes Mt. Hope, 40; pursues St. Clair, 46; comes up with the Americans at Hubbardton, and fights them, 47; on the point of defeat is re-enforced, and gains the day, 48; crosses the Hudson, and takes post at Saratoga, 70; recrosses the Hudson, 87; is posted on the right at Bemis' Heights, 105; his force, 107; killed, 121; 123, _note_; buried, 127; 134, _note_. FREEMAN'S FARM, position of, 99; 100, _note_, 105; first collision at (Sept. 19), 106; second battle at, 120-122. GANSEVOORT, PETER, at Fort Stanwix, 90; sallies out upon besiegers, 91; 94, _note_. GATES, HORATIO, takes command of the Northern Army, 20; his rank, 25, _note_; supersedes Schuyler, 95; good effect on the army, 97; orders an advance to Stillwater, 97; want of confidence in Arnold a drawback to success, 98; posts the army on Bemis' Heights, 98; _note_, 99; sends Morgan to feel the enemy, 106; re-enforces in driblets, 108; his camp and army, 115, _note_s 1 and 2; accepts battle again, 120; is victorious, 121, 122; dilatory pursuit of the enemy, 131; comes up with Burgoyne, 131; dispositions for attacking, 131; receives Burgoyne's surrender, 133. HERKIMER, NICHOLAS, marches to relieve Fort Stanwix, 91; is waylaid and defeated, 91, 92; dies of his wounds, 92; 94, _note_. HESSIAN MERCENARIES, 36, _note_. HOWE, SIR WILLIAM, participation in the campaign discussed, 14; driven from Boston, 29; George III. disappointed in him, 29; gets his orders too late, 31. HUBBARDTON, VT., garrison of Ticonderoga retreats to, 44; St. Clair's rearguard overtaken at, 47; battle of, 47, 48, 49. JOHNSON, SIR JOHN, at Oriskany, 91; 94, _note_. KOSCIUSKO, THADDEUS, marks out the lines on Bemis' Heights, 98; 100, _note_. LAKE CHAMPL
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