Battle of Oriskany

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The Battle of Oriskany was a brutal and pivotal 1777 engagement in New York during the American Revolutionary War, noted for its high casualties and significant impact on the Saratoga campaign.

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instanceOf battle ⓘ
engagement ⓘ
aftermath Patriot militia column forced to withdraw ⓘ
St. Leger’s force ultimately retreated from the Mohawk Valley ⓘ
belligerent British-allied militia ⓘ
Iroquois warriors allied with the British ⓘ
Loyalist forces ⓘ
Patriot militia ⓘ
casualties high on both sides ⓘ
combatantSide British Indian Department auxiliaries ⓘ
King's Royal Regiment of New York (Loyalist) ⓘ
Patriot New York militia ⓘ
commander Barry St. Leger ⓘ
Joseph Brant ⓘ
Nicholas Herkimer ⓘ
Sir John Johnson ⓘ
commemoratedBy Oriskany Battlefield State Historic Site ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States (then Province of New York) ⓘ
date 1777-08-06 ⓘ
hasType ambush ⓘ
land battle ⓘ
location Mohawk Valley ⓘ
near Oriskany, New York ⓘ
notableFor contributing to the American victory in the Saratoga campaign ⓘ
dividing the Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
heavy hand-to-hand combat ⓘ
impact on the failure of the British St. Leger expedition ⓘ
one of the bloodiest battles of the American Revolutionary War relative to numbers engaged ⓘ
objective relief of the besieged Fort Stanwix by Patriot militia ⓘ
partOf British 1777 campaign to isolate New England ⓘ
Saratoga campaign ⓘ
relatedTo Battles of Saratoga ⓘ
linked to: Saratoga campaign

Siege of Fort Stanwix ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Oriskany
result strategic American advantage ⓘ
tactically inconclusive ⓘ
state New York ⓘ
strategicEffect contributed to the eventual surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga ⓘ
helped secure American control of upstate New York ⓘ
theater Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
year 1777 ⓘ

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Battle of Oriskany → relatedTo → Siege of Fort Stanwix ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Oriskany
Nicholas Herkimer → notableEvent → Battle of Oriskany ⓘ
New York frontier → notableEvent → Battle of Oriskany ⓘ
New York militia → participatedIn → Battle of Oriskany ⓘ
Fort Stanwix → notableEvent → Battle of Oriskany (nearby, 1777) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Oriskany
Tryon County militia → engagement → Battle of Oriskany ⓘ