A keenness was given to the resentment of the injured, which outlasted the contest between the two nations.
The army which surrendered at Saratoga exceeded five thousand men.

On marching from Ticonderoga, it was estimated at nine thousand.

In addition to this great military force, the British lost, and the Americans acquired, a fine train of artillery, seven thousand stand of excellent arms, clothing for seven thousand recruits, with tents, and other military stores, to a considerable amount.
The thanks of congress were voted to General Gates and his army; and a medal of gold, in commemoration of this great event, was ordered to be struck, and presented to him by the President, in the name of the United States.

Colonel Wilkinson, his Adjutant General, whom he strongly recommended, was appointed Brigadier General by brevet.
[Illustration: The Saratoga Battle Monument _Schuylerville, New York_ _"Nothing bespeaks more strongly the consummate tragedy of Benedict Arnold's career than the Battle Monument which rises on the banks of the Hudson to commemorate the victory of Saratoga.

In the square shaft are four high Gothic arches, and in these are placed heroic statues of the generals who won the victory.