Battle of Cobleskill

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The Battle of Cobleskill (Cobleskill massacre) occurred on May 30-June 1, 1778, in Cobleskill, New York.

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The battle marked the beginning of a phase in which the Iroquois at the behest of the British burned numerous villages on what was then the United States western frontier in western New York and Pennsylvania including the Cherry Valley massacre and the Wyoming Valley massacre. The rampage was not not be stopped until the Sullivan Expedition conducted a burnt earth strategy of burning all Iroquois villages.

Historians say that 22 men (Continental and militia) were killed in the raid. Six were wounded, and two taken prisoner. 25 of the Iroquois and the Loyalists were said to have been killed and seven more wounded died during a trek to Canada.

The Colonists were led by Captain William Patrick who led his troops into an ambush on Cobus Kill while pursuing a small band of Iroquois. Patrick was killed in the attack.

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New York in the American Revolutionary War
Pre-war - Sons of Liberty - 1775 Invasion of Canada (1775) - Capture of Fort Ticonderoga - 1776 New York and New Jersey campaign - Battle of Long Island - New York Prison Ships Begin - Landing at Kip's Bay - Battle of Harlem Heights - Great Fire of New York (1776) - Execution of Nathan Hale - Battle of Valcour Island -Battle of Pell's Point - Battle of White Plains - Battle of Fort Washington - 1777 - Saratoga campaign - Battle of Ticonderoga (1777) - Battle of Hubbardton - Battle of Fort Ann - Battle of Oriskany - Battle of Saratoga - Battle of Freeman's Farm - Battle of Bemis Heights - 1778 - Setauket Spy Ring Launched - Battle of Cobleskill - West Point established - Cherry Valley massacre - 1779 - Battle of Stony Point - Sullivan Expedition - Battle of Newtown - 1780 - First Purple Heart - André Capture Reveals Traitor Benedict Arnold - 1781 - HMS Culloden Runs Aground at Montauk - Washington Calls Off Invasion of New York to Support Yorktown - 1782 - Washington's Headquarters at Newburgh - Newburgh letter - 1783 - Newburgh conspiracy - British Evacuate New York - Washington's Farewell to His Officers


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