Battle of Oriskany

By Jesse Russell

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Battle of Oriskany, fought on August 6, 1777, was one of the bloodiest battles in the North American theater of the American Revolutionary War and a significant engagement of the Saratoga campaign. Early in the siege of Fort Stanwix, an American relief force from the Mohawk Valley under General Nicholas Herkimer, numbering around 800 men of the Tryon County militia and a party of Oneida Indians, approached in an attempt to raise the siege. British commander Barry St. Leger authorized an intercept force consisting of a Hanau j ger (light infantry) detachment, Sir John Johnson's King's Royal Regiment of New York, Indian allies from the Six Nations and other tribes to the north and west, and Indian Department Rangers totaling at least 450 men.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 5510566590
• ISBN13: 9785510566598
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Book on Demand Ltd.
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"