Tales Of Old Albany - 03 - The Battles of Saratoga

Series 1: The Schuylers and the The Broecks Episode III: The Battles of Saratoga What happened at the Battles of Saratoga would decide if the American cause would live to see another day. If the Battles of Saratoga were won by the British, they could easily advance to Albany and take the city. If Albany was lost, New York as a whole would be controlled by the British, cutting off the Northern Colonies from the Southern Colonies, and effectively ending the war with a British victory. We’ll explore these battles’ importance, Albany’s involvement, and hear from combatants on both the American and British sides, like Philip Schuyler, Abraham Ten Broeck, Horatio Gates, Benedict Arnold, John Burgoyne, Baroness Von Riedesel, and Simon Fraser. The importance of what happened on those battlefields was not lost on any of the men involved, but, as you’ll see, that didn’t stop them from getting embroiled in petty arguments within their own forces. “The Battles of Saratoga” PRESENTED BY AARON HOLBRITTER AND CASEY POLOMAINE WRITTEN BY JESSIE SERFILIPPI CONCEIVED AND EDITED BY AARON HOLBRITTER PRODUCED BY AARON HOLBRITTER AND CASEY POLOMAINE RECORDED BY ISAAC NEWBERRY Featuring: Chris Foster …… Brig. Gen. Abraham Ten broeck Patrick White ……. Maj. Gen. Philip Schuyler Ian LaChance ……. Gen. Benedict Arnold Kris Anderson ….… Gen. Horatio Gates Isaac Newberry ……. Gen. John Burgoyne Krysta Dennis ……. Catharine VanRensselaer Schuyler Tom Templeton ……. Col. Richard Varick and Capt. John Wilkinson Brigitta Giulianelli ……. Lydia Nielsen and Baroness Von Riedsel Steve Maggio ……. Express Msgr., British regular #2, Henry B. Livingston, Gen Simon Fraser Joe Plock ……. British Regular #1, Benjamin Warren Evan Jones ……. John Nielsen, John Adams, Baron Von Reidsel, British Doctor Matthew G. Hamm ……. Albanian Marquis Heath ……. Prince Nick Bosanko ……. Col. Daniel Morgan Jeremy Ward ……. 2nd Lt. James Hadden Christian Leahy ……. Officer Young Music: Theme song: Chase, Epic Adventure Composer: Johannes Bornloff http://audiograb.com/T2hGvDX5Fn Additonal Music: Medley Music of the Revolutionary War Sturbridge Colonial Militia Public Domain Mark 1.0 https://archive.org/details/MusicOfTheRevolutionaryWar https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Cinematic Piano by AShamaluevMusic. https://youtu.be/6Sq5Y2HzF1c Earl of Dorchester March Music of the Revolutionary War Sturbridge Colonial Militia Public Domain Mark 1.0 https://archive.org/details/MusicOfTheRevolutionaryWar https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Court and Page - Silent Partner https://youtu.be/joJ25P-4DNU All music licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/…