Bemis Heights

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Bemis Heights is a historically significant area in upstate New York best known as a key battlefield site during the American Revolutionary War’s Battles of Saratoga.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Bemis Heights canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battlefield ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
landform ⓘ
associatedWithConflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
associatedWithEvent First Battle of Saratoga (Battle of Freeman’s Farm) ⓘ
Second Battle of Saratoga (Battle of Bemis Heights) ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Benedict Arnold ⓘ
Daniel Morgan ⓘ
Enoch Poor ⓘ
John Burgoyne ⓘ
category American Revolutionary War site in New York ⓘ
Saratoga County historic place ⓘ
commandedBy Horatio Gates ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateOfEvent 19 September 1777 ⓘ
7 October 1777 ⓘ
elevation approximately 300 feet above the Hudson River ⓘ
fortifiedBy Thaddeus Kościuszko ⓘ
linked to: Tadeusz Kościuszko
hasHeritageDesignation part of a U.S. National Historical Park ⓘ
hasRole American defensive position in the Battles of Saratoga ⓘ
hasView overlooks the Hudson River valley ⓘ
historicalSignificance helped secure French alliance with the United States ⓘ
knownFor American Revolutionary War battlefield ⓘ
Battles of Saratoga ⓘ
linked to: Saratoga campaign

turning point in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
locatedIn New York State ⓘ
Saratoga County, New York ⓘ
linked to: Saratoga County

Town of Stillwater ⓘ
linked to: Stillwater

United States ⓘ
locatedNear Hudson River ⓘ
Saratoga Springs, New York ⓘ
militaryFeature earthworks ⓘ
fortified lines ⓘ
namedAfter Bemis family ⓘ
nearestWaterBody Hudson River ⓘ
opposedBy British Army ⓘ
German auxiliary troops (Hessians) ⓘ
linked to: Hessian troops
partOf Saratoga National Historical Park ⓘ
Saratoga battlefield ⓘ
region upstate New York ⓘ
resultOfBattles major American victory ⓘ
surrender of British General John Burgoyne ⓘ
strategicImportance blocked British advance from Canada toward Albany ⓘ
controlled access along the Hudson River corridor ⓘ
terrain ridge ⓘ
wooded high ground ⓘ
tourism visited as part of Saratoga National Historical Park ⓘ
usedBy Continental Army ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stillwater, New York → locatedNear → Bemis Heights ⓘ
subject linked to: Stillwater
Saratoga Battlefield → hasPart → Bemis Heights ⓘ
Wounding of Benedict Arnold → location → Bemis Heights ⓘ
Victory Woods → relatedTo → Bemis Heights ⓘ