“We ought to March out and attack them”

On September 19, 1777, morning skirmishing in the woods more than a mile north made clear that the British were coming. General Arnold urged that they march out and attack them, and General Gates agreed, ordering Arnold to send Colonel Morgan and the Light Infantry and support them. This elite force totaled more than 700 and included Stockbridge warriors. Captain Abraham Nimham led a company of Stockbridge Indians, who were mostly Mohicans, and informed Gates that they were always ready to go anywhere he wanted them to go as long as the war lasted.

Saratoga, New York · United States