Horatio Gates

Horatio Lloyd Gates (July 26, 1727 – April 10, 1806) was a retired British soldier who served as an American general during the Revolutionary War. He took credit for the American victory in the Battles of Saratoga (1777) — a matter of contemporary and historical controversy — and was blamed for the defeat at the Battle of Camden in 1780. Gates has been described as "one of the Revolution's most controversial military figures" because of his role in the Conway Cabal, which attempted to discredit and replace George Washington; the battle at Saratoga; and his actions during and after his defeat at Camden.
== Tossup Questions ==
# This man was severely wounded as a major at the Battle of the Monongahela, and he served as an aide to Robert Monckton during his capture of Martinique, also during the Seven Years War. This man was supposedly the choice of the "Conway Cabal" to lead the armies of the nation he served, although he did get a chance to lead all of the southern armies, a role in which he was less successful as he had been previously, commanding a decisive defeat at the Battle of Camden. Earlier, he had taken over from Phillip Schuyler just in time to take credit for victories won mostly by the actions of John Stark and Benedict Arnold, at Bennington and Freeman's Farm. For 10 points, who was this American general who took credit for the victory at the Battle of Saratoga?