Excerpt from Memoirs, and Letters and Journals, of Major General Riedesel, Vol. 1: During His Residence in America, Translated From the Original German of Max Von Eelking

The life of General Riedesel, daring his residence in America, is a more complete and accurate history of the Campaign of General Burgoyne than any I that has yet appeared. The statements of our ablest historians concerning the movements of the British in that campaign are, necessarily perhaps, extremely vague, while those of our pictorial and school histories, respecting both the British and the Americans, are full of gross errors. The present work, however, is based on the private and official journals of Riedesel and his officers, and presents the campaign with a minuteness of detail, which must, hereafter, make it a standard authority upon the subject of which it treats.

After I had translated the work, and before placing it in the hands of the printer, I spent several days in going over the battle-grounds.

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