Fort Stanwix
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Fort Stanwix was a colonial fort in present-day Rome, New York. Its construction commenced on August 26, 1758, under the direction of British General John Stanwix, but was not completed until about 17
Aerial view from the north of the reconstruction
View of the reconstructed Fort Stanwix around 1980
Reconstructed drawbridge and curtain wall
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