Author: Sherman Lohnes

Sherman Lohnes is a long time student of the American Revolution, and has been involved in Revolutionary War living history since the bicentennial. He has applied his undergraduate degree in history, experience as an attorney managing investigations, and service as an infantry and a joint staff officer in the Army Reserve to researching Massachusetts military history from the colonial period through the Civil War. Following his retirement, he has been blogging on the 1777 march of the Saratoga Convention Army at https://1777march.blogspot.com/.

Autobiography and Biography Posted on March 1, 2024March 4, 2024

General John Burgoyne’s Stay in Albany

On October 19, 1777, two days after the Articles of Convention brought his “disaster at Saratoga” to a close, British Lt. Gen. John Burgoyne arrived in Albany, New York, a defeated man. There, Burgoyne resided in the home of Maj. Gen. Philip Schuyler until October 27, 1777.[1] Most accounts of his stay focus on the hospitality […]

by Sherman Lohnes