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
1856 painting of the massacre
Seneca war chief Cornplanter
Joseph Brant, portrait by Gilbert Stuart
Monument to the victims of the Cherry Valley massacre
Sullivan Expedition
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The Sullivan Expedition was a United States military campaign under the command of General John Sullivan during the American Revolutionary War, lasting from June to October 1779, against the four Brit
Cherry Valley massacre
…there is controversy as to who actually ordered or failed to restrain the killings. The massacre contributed to calls for reprisals, leading to the 1779 Sullivan Expedition which saw the total military defeat of the British-allied Haudenosaunee in Upstate New York. With the failure of British General John Burgoyne's campaign…
Woodcut print of the Battle of Newtown
Letter from John Sullivan, 1779
Historic marker, Kirkwood, New York
A memorial to Sullivan's pack horses in the village of Horseheads, New York