Battle of Johnstown
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The Battle of Johnstown was one of the last battles in the northern theater of the American Revolutionary War, with over 1,100 men engaged at Johnstown, New York on October 25, 1781. British regulars,
Marinus Willett, the American commander in the battle
Walter Butler (Loyalist)
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Walter Butler was an American-born Loyalist military officer during the American Revolutionary War. He left his home in Tryon County, New York for Montreal in 1775 and obtained a commission as an ensi
Battle of Johnstown
…regulars, Loyalist soldiers and Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) warriors, commanded by Major John Ross of the King's Royal Regiment of New York and Captain Walter Butler of Butler's Rangers, had destroyed the Mohawk Valley settlement of Warrensborough earlier that morning. Local American forces, led by Colonel Marinus…
Walter Butler's commission as a captain in Butler's Rangers
Fate of Jane Wells (Incident in Cherry Valley) by Alonzo Chappel, 1856