Burgoyne

Submitted by sfr on Wed, 2018-06-27 09:51
Text: 
The Town
Character Key: 
General Burgoyne
Display Name: 
Burgoyne
Sort Name: 
Burgoyne, General John
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Upper Class
Rank: 
Peripheral
Vitality: 
Dead
Occupation: 
Armed Forces
Specific Job: 
British General
First Mentioned: 
Saratoga, New York in The Town (Location)
Date of Birth: 
Tuesday, February 24, 1722
Origin: 
England
Biography: 

General Burgoyne was a British commander who, as Eula puts it, "surrendered in the Revolution" after his forces in Saratoga were surrounded by a superior force of colonial soldiers (338). Historically his defeat had important results for the cause of American independence; in the novel, his surrender made V.K. Ratliff's ancestor the family's first American.

Ontological Status: 
Historical/Real
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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