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Ep 3: Saratoga Steel – Brigadier, Battle & The Turning Point - William Whipple
What’s up, you magnificent bastards? 👊 Episode 3 of The Sea Captain General — our 4-part deep dive into Brother William Whipple.
After signing the Declaration, the former sea captain takes the field as brigadier general of New Hampshire militia. We walk the commission, the muddy march south, the brutal fighting at Saratoga (Freeman’s Farm and Bemis Heights), and his role negotiating Burgoyne’s surrender — a true turning point of the war.
The same quarterdeck discipline that once kept crews alive through gales now steadied his brigade in musket smoke and cannon thunder. St. John’s Lodge…
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