Participant in the Three Major Surrenders of the Revolutionary War Major General Benjamin Lincoln was present with Major General Gage when they accepted British General John Burgoyne’s surrender at Saratoga – an event that historians agree tilted the scale for the Americans in their path towards independence. Lincoln was the commander of American forces at … Continue reading Siege of Charleston, May 12, 1780: General Benjamin Lincoln Surrendered the Largest Continental Army During the War