Talk:Battle of Oriskany

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[Most of my points listed in this original comment have since been addressed and/or fixed in the article.]

I do not endorse or substantiate the following points. I am merely noting some possible issues that may later be questioned in the history of this article:

• Some American historians argue that Oriskany was, circuitously, a strategic victory for the colonial cause due to its ultimate effect on the Saratoga campaign. The collapse of Barry St. Leger's "third prong" has been deemed the other turning point of the Revolutionary War; hence, some believe this engagement facilitated Cornwallis' surrender at Saratoga.

• There is conflicting information regarding the overall casualties of the Battle of Oriskany. Based on various historical websites, the casualties listed in the info box of this article are perhaps somewhat lacking.

• In the historical documents I have read regarding this battle, the Royal Green Jackets are repeatedly mentioned. Therefore, I assume the Royal Green Jackets was a nickname for Sir John Johnson's King's Royal Regiment of New York.

Again, I do not put forward any of these points as arguments of my own. Just noting them. -- Flask, 11:08, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

The link to the Royal Green Jackets is wrong. It says they were started it 1966. Maybe someone (more knowledgeable than myself about the matter) should correct this. -- Cdogsimmons, 03:29, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

The Royal Green Jackets was a regiment of the British Army descended from the rifle regiments raised during the Napoleonic Wars. It did not exist in 1777. The Regiment in question was the King's Royal Regiment of New York, a loyalist provincial regiment in service of the Crown during the Revolutionary War. It has sometimes been called, "the Royal Greens" or "Johnson's Greens," but the correct appellations were "the King's Royal Yorkers" or the "Royal Yorkers."

I made a few corrections to the Oriskany narrative to reflect current scholarship, and particularly Gavin K. Watt's Rebellion in the Mohawk Valley: The St. Leger Expedition of 1777, Toronto: Dundurn, 2002. This is the definitive work on the subject. -- User:rbgstewart 09:21 EST, 23 May 2006 (UTC)