Monument in Goshen, New York over mass grave of Minisink battle dead
Date
July 22, 1779
Location
Highland, Sullivan County, near Minisink Ford, New York
Result
British (Loyalists and Iroquois) victory
Belligerents
United States
Great Britain Iroquois Confederacy
Commanders and leaders
John Hathorn Benjamin Tusten †
Joseph Brant
Strength
120 militia
60 Iroquois 27 Loyalists
Casualties and losses
46 killed 1 captured
3 killed 10 wounded
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Northern frontier after 1777
Cobleskill
Wyoming Valley
Big Runaway
German Flatts
Unadilla and Onaquaga
Carleton's Raid
Cherry Valley
Minisink
Sullivan Expedition
Newtown
Boyd and Parker
Royalton Raid
Klock's Field
Johnstown
The Battle of Minisink took place during the American Revolutionary War at Minisink Ford, New York, on July 22, 1779. It was the only major skirmish of the Revolutionary War fought in the upper Delaware valley. The battle was a decisive British victory, as the Patriot militia was hastily assembled, ill-equipped and inexperienced.
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