Este número é uma estimativa do total de combatentes americanos envolvidos na campanha. Enquanto Nickerson detalha em pormenor o número de tropas durante a campanha (pp. 435–451), Pancake (1977) providencia valores para o recrutamento. The Northern Department (under Schuyler and then Gates), started with about 5500 men (Pancake, pp. 151–152), and the Highland Department under Putnam, based on troop deployments ordered, had about 3,000 men (pp. 153,180). Militia recruitment after the fall of Ticonderoga and the killing of Jane McCrea was substantial: known recruitments included Stark and Warner 2,000 (p. 153), Lincoln 1,500 (p. 178), and Herkimer 800. Gates had 15 000 to 18 000 men when Burgoyne surrendered (p. 189), which did not include about one-half of Putnam's and Stark's men, the Mohawk River outposts, Herkimer's troops, or earlier losses due to battle, disease, or expiring enlistments. It did include Morgan's 300+ riflemen, dispatched from Washington's main army. Considering that Putnam's forces were also swollen by militia following the Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery (one British report claimed 6000 men were following them on October 16, Pancake p. 188), the number of Americans in the field in mid-October was probably well over 2 000. Pancake, John S (1977). 1777: The Year of the Hangman. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. ISBN978-0-8173-5112-0. OCLC2680804
Nickerson (1967), p. 437, and other sources report Burgoyne starting with 7800 men. Nickerson notes (p. 105) that this number does not include officers and non-combatant staff and camp followers, who would also require supplies. That number also does not include Indians and Loyalists who arrived after the capture of Ticonderoga (about 700, Nickerson p. 439). Nickerson, Hoffman (1928). The Turning Point of the Revolution. Port Washington, NY: Kennikat reprint. OCLC549809
