British troops will withdraw from Ticonderoga and…
October 1777 CE
American troops, on the other hand, still have work to do.
Alerted to General Clinton's raids on the Hudson, most of the army marches south toward Albany on October 18, while other detachments accompany the "Convention Army" east.
Burgoyne and Riedesel become guests of General Schuyler, who had come north from Albany to witness the surrender.
Burgoyne will be allowed to return to England on parole in May 1778, where he will spend the next two years defending his actions in Parliament and the press.
He had eventually been exchanged for more than a thousand American prisoners.
In response to Burgoyne's surrender, Congress will declare December 18, 1777 as a national day "for solemn Thanksgiving and praise" in recognition of the military success at Saratoga; it will be the nation's first official observance of a holiday with this name.
Under the terms of the convention Burgoyne's army is to march to Boston, where British ships will transport it back to England, on condition that its members not participate in the conflict until they are formally exchanged.
Congress demands that Burgoyne provide a list of troops in the army so that the terms of the agreement concerning future combat could be enforced.
When he refused, Congress will decide not to honor the terms of the convention, and the army will remain in captivity.
The army will be kept for some time in sparse camps throughout New England.
Although individual officers will be exchanged, much of the "Convention Army" will eventually be marched south to Virginia, where it will remain prisoner for several years.
Throughout its captivity, a large number of men (more than thirteen hundred in the first year alone) will escape and effectively desert, settling in the United States.
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