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Horatio Gates was low born in England. Somehow he earned the patronage of nobles which gave him a commission in the British Army in 1745. He served in Germany before moving to Canada where he married in 1754. He was part of the doomed expedition of Braddock where he served with Thomas Gage, Charles Lee, and George Washington. He then served in various posts during the French and Indian War. Following the war, he struggled to find a suitable commission until he finally resigned and settled in Virginia in 1772. He soon became involved in the Rebel cause with old friend Charles Lee.
He and his wife enjoyed high society in New York City on her inheritance until his death in 1806.
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