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Battle of Minisink
Part of the American Revolutionary War

Monument in Goshen, New York over mass grave of Minisink battle dead
DateJuly 22, 1779
Location
Highland, Sullivan County,
near Minisink Ford, New York
Result British (Loyalists and Iroquois) victory
Belligerents
Battle of Minisink United States Battle of Minisink 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

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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