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Samuel Melendez on 13 Apr 10Horatio Gates was once a british sholdier who then became a professional
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Janaisha Torres on 20 Apr 10He was a Soldier under Washington
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Joel Garcia on 20 Apr 10he was jealous of washington and would treat him bad and in one battle he won and bragged but the next instead of staying when losing he left and never came back
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Korey Knight on 21 Apr 10Gates did not like Washington at all. He despised him. He wanted to Command the Continetal Army. He got the a major victory for America he rubbed it in Washingtons face.
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Clarissa Caraballo on 23 Apr 10a man who is volunteer to be a general in the american army .
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Horatio Lloyd Gates
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He took credit for the American victory at the Battle of Saratoga (Benedict Arnold, who led the attack, was finally forced from the field when he was shot in the leg)[1] and was blamed for the defeat at the Battle of Camden.
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He was the general who had won the Battle of Saratoga. He also hated G.W. in the beggining because like Lee he wanted to be the commander of the Continental army. But unlike Lee, Gates became friends with G.W. Gates looked down on G.W. and thought he was superior to him. But in the end G.W. earned his respect.
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he was a british soldier but then turned to an american general during the revolutionary war. He had credit for the amercian victory at the battle of saratoga.
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He took credit for the American victory at the Battle of Saratoga (Benedict Arnold, who led the attack, was finally forced from the field when he was shot in the leg)[1] and was blamed for the defeat at the Battle of Camden.
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Gates was born in Maldon, Essex, England the son of the housekeeper of the Duke of Bolton's mistress. He was a godson of Horace Walpole[2] He received a lieutenant's commission in the British Army in 1745. He served with the 20th Foot in Germany during the War of the Austrian Succession, and later was promoted to captain in the 45th Foot in 1750. He sold his commission in 1754 and purchased a captaincy in the New York provincial troops.
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When the word of the revolution reached Gates in late May 1775, he rushed to Mount Vernon and offered his services to George Washington. In June, the Congress began organizing the Continental Army. In accepting command, Washington urged the appointment of Gates as adjutant of the army. On June 17, 1775, Congress commissioned Gates as a Brigadier General and Adjutant General of the Continental Army. He is considered the first Adjutant General of the American Army.
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Gates was born in Maldon, Essex, England the son of the housekeeper of the Duke of Bolton's mistress. He was a godson of Horace Walpole He received a lieutenant's commission in the British Army in 1745.
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Gates' results in command were much less satisfactory than his term as adjutant. He never got to command the Canadian Department, since the American Invasion of Canada had been abandoned before his arrival. He wound up as an assistant to General Schuyler in the Northern Department.
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Gates' wife Elizabeth died in the summer of 1783. Gates retired in 1784 and again returned to Virginia. Gates served as vice president of the National Order of the Cincinnati (the organization of former Continental Army officers) and president of its Virginia chapter, and worked to rebuild his life.
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When the word of the revolution reached Gates in late May 1775, he rushed to Mount Vernon and offered his services to George Washington. In June, the Congress began organizing the Continental Army. In accepting command, Washington urged the appointment of Gates as adjutant of the army. On June 17, 1775, Congress commissioned Gates as a Brigadier General and Adjutant General of the Continental Army. He is considered the first Adjutant General of the American Army.
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During the French and Indian War, Gates served General Edward Braddock in America. In 1755 he accompanied the ill-fated Braddock Expedition in its attempt to control access to the Ohio Valley. This force included other future Revolutionary War leaders such as Thomas Gage, Charles Lee, Daniel Morgan, and George Washington.
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Horatio Gates was discrased. He abandoned his men on his horse and ran away so fast his men could not catch up to him. Washington would never do that. Horatio Gates is nothing as a general compared to Washington.