Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Apo Gates akamutumira kuCongress nemashoko ehurumende pamusoro pokukunda paHondo yeSaratoga muna 1777, Wilkinson akachengeta Continental Congress
akamirira apo iye akanga achitarisira nhau dzomunhu oga. Apo pakupedzisira akazviratidza, akashongedza basa rake pachake mukukunda, uye akagadzwa se brigadier general (kunyange aive nemakore makumi maviri chete panguva iyoyo) musi waNovember 6, 1777, uye akagadzwa kuBhodi reHondo rakanga richangobva kuumbwa. Kukwidziridzwa pamusoro pemakoronari epamusoro kwakakonzera mhirizhonga pakati pevakuru vakuru veContinental, kunyanya nekuti makuhwa aWilkinson airatidzika kuratidza kuti aive mutori wechikamu muConway Cabal, rangano rekutsiva George Washington naHoratio Gates semutungamiriri mukuru weContinental Army. Nokukurumidza Gates akanga aneta naWilkinson, uye mukuru muduku wacho akamanikidzwa kurega basa muna March 1778. Musi waJuly 29, 1779, Congress yakamugadza kuti ave mukuru mukuru wemauto, asi akasiya basa musi waMarch 27, 1781, nemhaka ye"kushaya kwake unyanzvi hwebasa racho".