Rebellion in the Mohawk Valley: The St. Leger Expedition of 1777Dundurn, 2002 - 429 sidor In the summer of 1777, while the British and the Americans were engaged in the bitter American Revolution, a massive campaign was launched from Canada into New York State. Brigadier Barry St. Leger led a crucial expedition from Lake Ontario into the Mohawk Valley. The goal was to travel by waterways to join Lieutenant General John Burgoyne in the siege of Albany. But Leger encountered obstacles along the way. While laying siege to Fort Stanwix, Leger received word that Benedict Arnold was leading a massive relief column that was headed their way. Leger and his men retreated, and despite a later attempt to carry on, were never able to help Burgoyne. The Americans then destroyed the British-held Fort Ticonderoga, marking the end of the campaign. The results of the failed St. Leger expedition were historic. Not only was the loss of Fort Ticonderoga was a major blow to the British war effort, but the campaign also brought about the disillusionment of the Iroquois Confederacy, and saw the founding of the infamous Butler's Rangers and the first major campaign of Sir John Johnson's King's Royal Regiment. |
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Too Little Too Late | 107 |
The March of the Tryon County Militia | 136 |
Ambuscade at Oriskany | 155 |
Tryon County Smiled Through Tears | 176 |
The Puny Siege | 224 |
The Ignominious End of the Siege | 240 |
Retracing Its Steps | 262 |
The Curtain Falls | 287 |
Epilogue Of Grand Strategy | 311 |
Bibliography | 328 |
Endnotes | 342 |
Index | 410 |
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Adam Helmer Albany Allies American arms army Arnold arrived artillery bateaux battle Brant brigade British Burgoyne’s camp campaign Canada Canadiens Canajoharie Capt Captain Claus to Knox Claus’s Colbrath Journal Colonel command Company Continental Cruikshank Daniel Claus Dayton detachment Endnotes enemy expedition fire Fort Dayton Fort Schuyler Fort Stanwix found in NAC Gansevoort garrison George German Flats Graymont Guy Johnson Hanjost Herkimer Herkimer’s ibid Indians Iroquois Jägers John Burgoyne John Butler John’s join killed King’s Klock’s Kreutzbourg Lake Leger Leger to Burgoyne letter Lieutenant loyalists Marinus Marinus Willett McDonell military militia militiamen Mohawk River Mohawk Valley Montreal native Niagara NYPA o’clock officers Oneida ordered Oriskany Oswego party Peter prisoners Quebec Rebellion rebels Regiment Regt reported River Royal Yorkers Schuyler Senecas sent siege Sir John Johnson Six Nations Stanwix Stevens Ticonderoga Tories troops Tryon County warriors William Wm Willett Wood Creek wounded wrote York Younglove
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Sida 283 - Directions from time to time, as you shall receive from us or any other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War ; in pursuance of the Trust hereby reposed in You.
Sida 129 - The messengers of justice and of wrath await them in the field; and devastation, famine, and every concomitant horror that a reluctant but...
Sida 127 - ... the completest system of tyranny that ever God, in his displeasure, suffered for a time to be exercised over a froward and stubborn generation.
Sida 128 - ... for the sole suspicion, of having adhered in principle to the government under which they were born, and to which, by every tie, divine and human, they owe allegiance. To consummate these shocking proceedings, the profanation of religion is added to the most profligate prostitution of common reason; the consciences of men are set at naught; and multitudes are compelled not only to bear arms but also to swear subjection to an usurpation they abhor.
Sida 283 - Captain and you are also to observe and follow such Orders and Directions as you shall from time to time receive from...
Sida 127 - The cause, in which the British arms are exerted, applies to the most affecting interests of the human heart, and the military servants of the crown, at first called forth for the sole purpose of Restoring the rights of the Constitution, now Combine .with love of their Country, and duty to their Sovereign, the other extensive incitements which spring from a true sense of the general privileges of mankind.
Sida 128 - To those whom spirit and principle may induce to partake the glorious task of redeeming their countrymen from dungeons, and reestablishing the blessings of legal government, I offer encouragement and employment ; and upon the first intelligence of their associations, I will find means to assist their undertakings.
Sida 127 - The forces entrusted to my command are designed to act in concert and upon a common principle with the numerous armies and fleets which already display, in every quarter of America, the power, the justice and when properly sought, the mercy of the King.
Sida 127 - The cause in which the British arms are thus exerted, applies to the most affecting interest of the human heart, and the military servants of the Crown, at first called forth for the sole purpose of restoring the rights of the constitution, now combine with love of their country and duty to their sovereign, the other extensive incitements which spring from a due sense of the general privileges of mankind. To the eyes and ears of the temperate part of the public, and to the breast of suffering thousands...