| Show i T Ti 1 CHYLER A PATRIOT mm WHO WIIO WAS RO OF or FAME FAW i y Relieved of Command of the r d Army of the North Bilotti Shortly Before fore f the Battle of Saratoga Through h the th Scheming of Gates Who Got riot A I 1 I All the Credit for the Surrender 1 of ne Although He De Lie Deserved Dept y served None pt r ii i c MANSION HANSON ALBANY 7 jt I 1 I A g oIn ot of the y u h n u M Is ir irh d 1110 F FI Fth n Indicated tiled 1 I I I wore tho th h ti g I i i l by b lilt Iho n I h f M K Iorge re Major General Generali Ii 1 i i t tilt 99 p t int 1 f mo toe north MW saw ono CillO no rift I 1 u i Jr at soldier Idlor lie ho wee R RI I h i Ida II 1 tt u campaign that t I erns th t td and that d tut f r the Will our g recognise and Join JollI I i Ire i con i s ih ail the Lilt urn lit republic On tho rho thoI I 1 s I i h hr was supplanted liy Jo iI Jon iIa I t n Hi l nt titan man woo Mio robbed a should tuna II lh i i lIn that lam i rod 1111 m i who then Ihen In hia 1 1 1 1 1 1 lam i J g I gat I t b i Dual t i if f III r u Bravo nulls faults tau II Ho Ito Hoi Itou 1 i 0 na 11 Dutch Du ch and he had hadI u L Im 10 rich ho hoI It 8 I I 1 pu ii i n fur tor r the tho for tor to 10 t him from his hlA l I I i nut Lle dUI def IU ui until welled swelled and 11 jt l to 10 ll tuH r Ii tab to A ll h I 1 al r f iii h I IL men rn on of or Mi MiI tilt Ih tl hi Il II I i nj lad id nut not 1110 help being Dutch r Ii h nil ubi not 1 I bo be 0 for tor tho rho a Io i ii t I I I when ho was u a 1 auml F Ml I j I 1 It with Ms hta hi htay II y I im tau tut tl II of ut oft t ec d l at n t r f hn bi 11 wealth and prom i r rJ mid i 1 i s si nice IV leu In III the tho u I Ir real in 1 wre r 1 lie III wa WM put hilt In III com coin i 1 t ii I nary of at Ito tho north at nt tho ho thoi hog K g i t Or 11 lu He lie plan plaat t i ic 1 n rf f r Canada auada t and would f I the expedition hut hilt butt hiltI t I d i I linn tn to remain behind I I 1 jinn rr I command t i 1 iii 11 in h me watt was brilliant i t r cot i nb i iii 10 i m eras a II nut not tho mho fault of ot r rr r Never did didah ah 11 g j nl lii 1111 a more muro i r n u In I 1 dy l of ot u men rim e n than halt I n i AfIr the of ot r ru 1 11 si u 1 t I wanted ami t I 1 to 10 11 r return rout Th TI TIr y ya a r r i rd I tr ir u nl mil a n few lew ee months I old aid a I r rIll tune haU expired They had hadi ll they had hlll I i r T s 1 hardships M mil 1 it t I the II Canadians whorl whom buy thoy tho thod d i is I i r ripe III for tor rebellion i a al AI m UK nu British and they t 1 r If r dill I i r and 1111 half starved It Itt YU r 1 t i u I ii r that rg I t 1 c B ju old I a pardon of ot ills hla hi forces forcen uh I pr i l i ml Uk k on tin Quebec tr re M Mr I r mar rl met mat Ills his hi death aril and andi f i t e r 1 ai t were wele beaten Tho Thor f si fM r tae OaK n m tined until Ihl the r i h 11 n u i ii rii rI S eti nn Ito tho ret it 11 t that li I i 11 br en dm aono iu n ono I P t d 1 0 of ot all nil tho ho Ih war warI I fri h i pail lumen nI don f t if II A n Vu wan WOR I charac chi a i i 1 In hit only to I 1 If orl u 11 i he watt wan lauded an as tho rho thov thoI I r Ire h r trove v nil ul 11 the th Premier replied rt re It I II II 11 Ill A I f a l Air r it Montgomery might f t ni i r hit hl bravery and anti his bitt hist t n 1 it f xhu h ml t nit 11 be he tor lint k B as J a i 11 and Rill had bad been killed t In I r HK t liN hl kinK king his n i ar tent from Edmund a n ani 1 ns r s ni n i i L 14 ts time the t h house of ot P r f rn n 1 r t i b ard ardI I I ir rt ii I nt il his I lordship lord to 10 use ue thor there tho the I 1 r 1 re I i hi Ii h declared ro 1 Hut for tor fori forr r i r 1 l I ij J I t george III lIl would c t i n I m s hi ml today Crom T a 1 n i r i u I 1 Every step In Ini L i i i IM the re ref r f 1 r rl n To rebels ar are duo duoC t C it t r i RI a fit of t the world 1 c Nr I 1 V nu Ill bo bA CP H If If fl rl M uti t r a 11 rebel he hen het t n i 1 r u i t and I 1 for tor forn torr I rg r try n rr for t i i f tho II privilege of pay payi 1 I i r I 1 t ule a In tho rt i IL II Ull AT FROM FRO I r 1 T t rut bit biti 1 KI i tau I nt ti I Its lt II ero ti to in tr of ot smallpox and andI 0 I It i 1 but luit a II of ot tho the thon h n 1 I omet taken ell 1 i r tarn m d to 10 Crown rown Point m I T r 1 1 liar rv Pi The Th led II I by b bI J If i 1 1 i alton iriton were In lit the I Bt t II er f thi th tar I and ana after aUel r I tr or f a adf defense o Crown Crowni I rr n i 1 n mil red Carlton might d d I I Ii n too tan but butH t H i rt It i n that work I ItI 1 ti RI j m n HI settled upon the tho thoa thea j a It rl of or the Quebec f 1 perhaps tint Ire iI i ff f n r much blame blume hla ml I h ii i t tad tune with Mont f I K I m 1 1 t n r er o for An lit hu ter Ho He V 1 V 1 lort He hind had been brei one onn onet f for r the lilt t tNT settlement or of the between N S ett u w York and Now Nna nw l Now New York hind had claimed all 1111 the terri tern territory tory II rY to the lilt Connecticut river hut hint had on nn n II line hue 20 0 omits mile en east t tot of ot tho Ih 1111 That line prevailed I only to the northern limits of ot ItA New Neu York claimed nil 1111 thin tho territory now by b tilT hr male of or Vermont Thern Thera WOK was Intense Jealousy between the tho colonies Now Neu York did not have breve thin Iho preponderance In then n that It H ban haB now Itow Of or the 13 lit It stood stand I In point of or population Vir Virgill Rills gill lit was one 0 tt New Yew York wn wu the tho colony but hilt It had the tho th largest proportion of ot n f Tories and Vew Nett England 1 resented tho the placing of ot n II Now New York fork to command tho rho army amlY of or the north composed mostly of ot Now Hns En land men Added AMer to this t ll colonial Jeal Jealousy i wax WR the tho racial ono one Tho Thu Now New I ng landers handers were ero of ot English extraction and they Ihl scoffed at nt tho the Idea Iden of ot serving un under under der n a mart man of or Dutch I blood blond blondA A queer force Indeed tuna tho tin army of ot tint that early day dl loiter Inter after ninny many e and hardships s It II was to be br drilled by b Steuben Into one tine of ot till thin finest fighting bodies bodleR of ot the LIte world but hUI It teas lIas us n fractious mutinous crew crest nt lit nm nut Untrained and Ing to 10 accept discipline lIne It II hind Its own Ideas of lit action Kiich militia body hort worked Independently For Tor Jo lIr Ih routine of ot camp ramp find and tho thin monotony of ot drill It had no low lovo It would enlist for tor a 1 short horl p period and end then regardless of ot tin tilt stage of ot tho Iho campaign Insist hen ltd Its II time limo watt was WR up on Its II right to tn return home hOllie The soldier had hid hili Gelds fields to tl cultivate Ills hiM crops to 10 gather and his hl family to for tor When hen Congress Con In Its III IIII PI I verty vert failed to supply RUPI there was rebellion and disorder The Tho mss men were wern willing Illing w enough to fight but hut thoy tho chafed at nt delay dela They The wanted the light fight to bo be ready for tor thorn them when they were read to fight tight They Th T IreY did till r not 1101 want to lose lORe any nn time lime timeTo timeTo To Schuyler a n careful precise order ly 1 man tho the Insubordination In of ot the ml tnt Mlle was n a 1 horror He lie was WR n 1 stickler for tor military etiquette but the tho men had no ct for tor military forms farms They Th wore for tor Independence A t private considered himself ns as a wood Rood woodus us nn officer ocr they the lighting for tor liberty and equity On duty they would obey ob orders but off oft duty tho the captain major or colonel wax WUI Jim Joe Joo or Ol John INTRIGUE Out of or his abundance Schuyler Schuler drew dr lavishly to equip end and feed his troops when Congress failed to provide Then when he had exhausted his hlll resources re and nn l could give go no more lie Jut got sot the tho re rim reward r ward many others like him received Ho Ito was accused of ot mysteriously s doing doln away with great stores of ot goods ROO R and great groat sums autos of ot money mone Next rumors rumor were circulated affecting his Ills loyalty to 10 the tho patriotic cause e These TheMe naturally developed Into Inlo reports report that ho was n traitor Pot Kor n a long time ho he Ignored l nil 1111 title this but bul the clamor grow grew and he ap tip appealed pealed to 10 jell Gen Washington and to Con Congress Congress gress for tor nn an Investigation Washington wrote to him that what Schuyler was as being subjected to was WOH wn only In minia miniature turn ture what ho himself elf had bad been beell under undergoing r going Tho Thin laid bare his hI heart hEnrt to his friend told him of ot all the trials tho the disappointments the vile Insinuations Insinuation and the treachery ho hn TO had to la meet begged him hiet not ani to ln abate one ono panicle article r In Ills ilia work Schuyler Schuler Schuyler when ho hp rend read the tho generals letter apologized for tor bothering him with Ills his troubles they the no so small email compares compared with those thoe the tho commander had to combat Rut soon noon discovered that be behind behind hind nil all the attack upon him there was one active agent Now England lad had an nn Idol It Il was as Gen Gates Oates lie watt was the Uie soldier who It If In Ill command of at atthe the army of It the tho north would accomplish push wonders The Tho New Englanders would servo RIO under him with enthusiasm Item Mm He lie like Oen Gen Charles I lee e was wu wasn wun n trained soldier He lie had been In th the English army All he hp required 4 was wn an opportunity to In show eho e ills bin talents talent Rut Hut Buth hn tin h required n a big field Ho lie was too big to waste his hili talents In n a 1 small email II a II the then miter n tn Gains dates was wn not nol averse lIene to letting pea peo people 0 pie know how much better he ho could handle nn army than then could the lh general In command t He lit could write welt well amid ho could talk well He Irs kept clo close 1100 o oto to Congress and pointed out how Schuyler had tailed failed to do this and failed to 10 do that Now No nod then he ho gently explained how hO Washington hud hod I tailed to do this thin and failed to do that What wits was n necessary C s ary ho he h explained If Ir tho the cause wit wan not hot to fall tall was wn that a I I competent general should command Tho Tiro nervy army of ot time the north wee especially I In need of ot a 1 competent commander spurred on un bv hI the mho New IW members rl states HaleR to 10 command the tho army of ot the till north In III Canada latex dates watt wan wa delighted Schuyler had not mint been and Washing Washington a ton to n had hud not been consulted There wax wn no ho of lit tho the north In iii Canada all 1111 the Ihl American troops having retreated to 10 Ticonderoga TI or gone leono home but bUI Onto Golo believed and had private nR from lilt bis hi friends In to that what wax meant wan ins WR that he lie would lx lit f fit fol e eto to 10 operate In III the Ih north Independent of ot and that thai If It Schuyler did not resign In pique nt at the Ih discourtesy dl shown shorn him Gates would In due season aRon supplant him To Albany went vent Onte and for tor n a time ho h was wan the Ih guest of ot Schuyler Not un until until until til weeks eka after GAtes dates hind proceeded to Ticonderoga to that limit stronghold did Schuyler discover what was wn design designed ed Then be he h went before Congress Con R anti and plainly but hUI courteously h Insisted upon uon having absolute command or having the privilege of or resigning Congress Conr i was a n 1 bit ashamed and n a hit bit alarmed ashamed of ot having gratuitously af nt affronted affronted fronted the Iho and the tho commander of or the th army of ot the till north timid afraid of or the Ih effect Its II unwarranted ed rd supplanting of or Schuyler would have hoo on Oil a great and amid Influential body bod of or his friends Ont was recalled and her ler went bark back to m Albany with assur assurances faces ances of or the Iho esteem 1 and confidence of at Congress OF Meantime there thero head had been develop developments ments n In the tho Canadian country that Ihal boded d HI Ill for tor the American cause In inthe tho the fall tall of ot 76 Gen Oen Pi nd In command to Carlton had gone on to England Jn and laid before the Ih ministry a n aplan 1 plan to ta end the tho rebellion He lie would WO II lot r lend on an army a rill 3 from Quebec south Routh Sir William Howo own could send MIHI sn mid nn cot army up trout from Nsw Now York to meet mel the Canadian army A third orm army mode up of at r reg regulars g lt ulars Tories and Indians would sweep down tho the Mohawk valley emit from Lake hake Ontario Separately or Jointly these Ihl o othree three forces torce could overcome any Rny force that could coul l be b mustered l to oppose them with all New pw York under control of or tho Iho the tho colonies would be he rent under asunder Thou Then It would 1 be easy to stamp out any on nn remnant of ot the revolutionary army that did not disband The Tho scheme was Willi a n good one omit and Bur Hur Burgo go no arrived In Quebec with an army of ot omen men me II mostly regulars St HI watt was sent font over oer I Lake JAke Ontario to 10 Oswego with u 11 tonic fone of ot regulars to 10 Join the Ih Tories TorI under end the Indians under Sir Kir John Johnson and the Indian Joseph JOlt ant Only one ono thing was overlooked oer That was waR the order to Mows Howe Lord George Germain the war minister minister had n weekend visIt to make to 10 the lire country and nd In his hurry to get getaway away uway from London failed to 10 sign time tho letter to Gen then Howe Years later the letter JeUr was waa found In one ono of ot the pigeon pigeonholes titmice holes of at his hiM desk deak While Congress ess was WR i meddling l anti and while Schuylor Schuyler was wa Insisting to 10 be bl re rn relieved r lined of responsibility re or relieved of ot dates Jul ouo was on his hlA wa w a t so tom from Quebec Ills His army arm was the best beet trained ruined on the American continent It had hind a big artillery equipment and a great quantity of ot supplies Schuyler Schuler did not learn of ot Its lis approach until It was near Lake Champlain Before ht he could do lIo much It II had reached Crown CrownPoint Point Hastily ho did what he could to tc strengthen where Ion Gen St H Clair was WIlH stationed with men menTho Tho rho moved moed swiftly and render rendered ed Id Ticonderoga untenable by b dragging cannon to tho the top of ot Mount Defiance Neither dates Cates nor Schuyler thought It possible to 10 get Rt cannon up Its 1111 rugged cliffs clift St Ht lair had hind to 10 o chose cho e between sacrificing his hie hi army by II a It defense or sacrificing his hi reputation by b abandon abandonIng Ing the fort tort He Ile bravely bravel chose the latter and ond led his army nut nul at nt night nl hl So 80 hurried was waR hit his hl flight fight that he could send no message to Schuyler To os es capo cape the tilt he ht made his way wa to toward ward Hutland I and then hy by a circuitous route proceeded to 10 Join Schuyler With no knowledge of ot what hind had be become conic come of ot St RI Clair and with only ani a B small email body hody of or militiamen Schuyler hastened to throw himself In the path of at the Invaders With a it skill kill approach approaching ing genius u hn he h begin began a n series Irl of ot opera oper operations that were masterly I In 1 n every er de detail tall tail had to follow to II 0 one route roulo only hope of ot getting together an n army was waR to delay dell the progress of ot the tho The Th route roulo Burgone had I Il II l I RI Y I 7 1 I 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