Victory Woods — Surrender Site

The wooded site near Schuylerville where John Burgoyne's army formally stacked arms and surrendered on October 17, 1777. Marked with a monument, the site is part of Saratoga NHP. The surrender was called a 'convention' rather than a capitulation at Burgoyne's insistence, preserving a measure of British dignity — though Congress later voided parts of the agreement. The Convention Army of nearly 6,000 soldiers began their long march to Boston from this ground.