Sullivan–Clinton campaign

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The Sullivan–Clinton campaign was a 1779 American Revolutionary War expedition in which Continental Army forces devastated Iroquois settlements allied with the British across what is now upstate New York.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Revolutionary War campaign ⓘ
expedition ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States ⓘ
authorizedBy Continental Congress ⓘ
belligerent Continental Army ⓘ
Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
chronology after Cherry Valley massacre ⓘ
after Wyoming Valley massacre ⓘ
commander James Clinton ⓘ
John Sullivan ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
conflictType frontier warfare ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
describedAs punitive expedition against the Iroquois ⓘ
scorched-earth campaign ⓘ
effect facilitated later American settlement in upstate New York ⓘ
famine among displaced Iroquois ⓘ
long-term disruption of Iroquois society ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Newtown ⓘ
historicalRegion Six Nations territory ⓘ
linked to: Six Nations
location Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Province of New York ⓘ
upstate New York ⓘ
namedAfter James Clinton ⓘ
John Sullivan ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Newtown ⓘ
objective devastate Iroquois settlements allied with the British ⓘ
neutralize Iroquois military support for the British ⓘ
opponent British Empire ⓘ
opposedBy Loyalist forces ⓘ
orderedBy George Washington ⓘ
participant Oneida allies of the Americans ⓘ
Tuscarora allies of the Americans ⓘ
partOf American Revolutionary War ⓘ
United States military history ⓘ
history of the Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
result destruction of numerous Iroquois towns ⓘ
large-scale displacement of Iroquois populations ⓘ
weakening of Iroquois ability to wage war ⓘ
startTime 1779 ⓘ
target Iroquois crops ⓘ
Iroquois food supplies ⓘ
Iroquois villages ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Iroquois territory ⓘ
year 1779 ⓘ

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New York frontier → notableEvent → Sullivan–Clinton campaign ⓘ
Cayuga Nation → historicalEvent → Sullivan–Clinton campaign ⓘ
subject linked to: Cayuga nation
Cayuga settlements → significantEvent → Sullivan–Clinton campaign ⓘ
Cayuga settlements → destroyedBy → Sullivan–Clinton expedition ⓘ
linked to: Sullivan–Clinton campaign