Because of his cautionary, conservative tactics in comparison to Benedict Arnold's more direct approach. Benedict Arnold was the first to speak of Gates as "Granny Gates."
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William Henry Harrison was the President known as Old Granny. He was given the nickname by Democrat detractors to give the impression that he was old and out of touch with the nation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Gates Wikipedia gives a detailed description of the wars won and lost. However he took credit for the American victory at the Battle of Saratoga (Benedict Arnold, who led the attack, was finally forced from the field when he was shot in the leg)[1] and was blamed for the defeat at the Battle of Camden.