Battle of Oriskany
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The Battle of Oriskany was a major engagement of the Saratoga campaign during the American Revolutionary War. On August 6, 1777, an American column of Tryon County militia and Oneidas marching to reli
Herkimer at the Battle of Oriskany Frederick Coffay Yohn, c. 1901
The site of the ambush at Bloody Creek, New York
Lt. Col. Marinus Willett, a 1791 portrait by Ralph Earl
Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant, 1776 portrait by George Romney
British colonists who supported the British cause in the American War of Independence were Loyalists, often called Tories, or, occasionally, Royalists or King's Men. Whilst George Washington's men cal
Engraving of the American Revolutionary War, depicting the death of British Major Patrick Ferguson, being shot from his horse on October 7, 1780, as he commanded Loyalist regulars and militia at the Battle of Kings Mountain, a Patriot military victory.
Portrait of Banastre Tarleton by Joshua Reynolds, 1782.
Sir Guy Carleton
"Tory Refugees on their way to Canada" by Howard Pyle