What is Horatio Gates?
[[Image:General Horatio Gates in 1782.png|right|250px|thumb|Portrait (painting) of Horatio Gates]] '''Horatio Gates''' ([[1726]] - [[1806]]) was an [[United States of America|American]] [[General officer|general]] in the [[American Revolutionary War]]. General Gates fought for the [[Continental Army]] and is credited with the decisive American victory at the [[Battle of Saratoga]] in [[1777]]. In the earlier [[French and Indian War]], he fought along with [[George Washington]] against the French, as an officer in the British Army. However, Gates also lost to [[Great Britain|British]] General [[Charles Cornwallis]] at the [[Battle of Camden]] in [[1780]]. He had a child named Robert. He lead the Americans at the battle of Saratoga {{DEFAULTSORT:Gates, Horatio}} [[Category:1726 births]] [[Category:1806 deaths]] [[Category:American revolutionaries]] {{US-bio-stub}}