The Campaign
The Saratoga Campaign was the turning point of the American Revolution. British General John Burgoyne marched south from Canada with the goal of splitting the colonies along the Hudson River. The American forces, under General Horatio Gates, engaged Burgoyne in two battles near Saratoga, New York.
Colonel Joseph Vose’s 1st Massachusetts Regiment was part of Glover’s 2nd Massachusetts Brigade, which held the American right flank. The American victory forced Burgoyne’s surrender on October 17, 1777 — convincing France to enter the war as an American ally.
Capt. Francis Green
Captain Francis Green served in Vose’s 1st Massachusetts Regiment throughout the Saratoga Campaign. His commission is confirmed in muster rolls preserved in Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War. The Green surname connects to the ongoing research into descent from James Green (1640, FamilySearch PID LTVK-5Z4).
Cincinnati Status
Capt. Francis Green holds a vacant Massachusetts seat in the Society of the Cincinnati, unrepresented since 1925. See the Cincinnati page for the full eligibility analysis.