Battle of Wyoming
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The Battle of Wyoming, also known as the Wyoming Massacre, was a military engagement during the American Revolutionary War between Patriot militia and a force of Loyalist soldiers and Haudenosaunee wa
Massacre of Wyoming (Pennsylvania), July 3-4, 1778 Alonzo Chappel, 1858
Loyalist commander John Butler
A painting by artist Garth Dittrick of a member of Butler's Rangers
Wyoming Valley Forts: A-Fort Durkee, B-Fort Wyoming or Wilkesbarre, C-Fort Ogden, D-Kingston Village, E-Forty Fort, G-Battleground, H-Fort Jenkins, I-Monocasy Island, J-Pittstown stockades, G-Queen Esther's Rock
Cherry Valley massacre
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The Cherry Valley massacre was an attack by British and Haudenosaunee forces on a fort and the town of Cherry Valley in central New York on November 11, 1778, during the American Revolutionary War. It
Battle of Wyoming
…following the Battle of Wyoming. Coupled with anger at militiamen who ignored their paroles, such accusations led the Seneca to attack civilians at Cherry Valley in November 1778. The Battle of Wyoming and the Cherry Valley Massacre encouraged American military leaders to strike back against the Haudenosaunee…
1856 painting of the massacre
Seneca war chief Cornplanter
Joseph Brant, portrait by Gilbert Stuart
Monument to the victims of the Cherry Valley massacre