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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FQ7_aftermath-of-a-tragedy_Oriskany-NY.html
After the Revolutionary War, Oriskany Battlefield's landscape began to change dramatically. As New York's frontier pushed westward, the impact of constructing new settlements, canals, railroads, and modern highways altered the battlefield's charac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18V0_near-this-spot_Oriskany-NY.html
40 mile route taken by Gen. Herkimer Aug. 3-6, 1777 for the relief of Fort Stanwix. The Battle of Oriskany Aug. 6, between Herkimer's men and St. Leger with his Indians was the turning point of the Revolution.
Near this spoton the night of Augu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18F0_site-of-woolen-mill_Oriskany-NY.html
Erected in 1810 believed to be the 1st in America to manufacture fabrics from raw material
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10TO_the-ambush-august-6-1777_Oriskany-NY.html
Sir John Johnson and Joseph Brant prepared an ambush along the military road to Fort Stanwix where it passed through this ravine. When most of the militia had entered their trap, the hidden Mohawk and Seneca warriors attacked. Johnson's Royal Gree…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10TM_preserving-a-memorial-park_Oriskany-NY.html
Since the profound impact of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address first sanctified battlefields as grounds of sacrifice, America's battlefields have become gathering places to commemorate heroic deeds and honor patriotic ideals. Today, battlefields remain…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLN1_to-the-unknown-patriotic-soldiers-of-tryon-county_Oriskany-NY.html
[Center/Main Marker]To The Unknown Patriotic Soldiers of Tryon CountyWho Under The Leadership OfColonel Ebenezer Cox...Colonel Jacob KlockColonel Peter Bellinger...Colonel Frederick VisscherFollowed— Herkimer —Through the bloody Battle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLHK_general-herkimers-troops_Oriskany-NY.html
General Herkimer'sTroopsentered the ravineat this point
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLFD_near-this-spot_Oriskany-NY.html
40 mile route taken by Gen. Herkimer Aug. 3-6, 1777 for the relief of Fort Stanwix. The Battle of Oriskany Aug. 6, between Herkimer's men and St. Leger with his Indians was the turning point of the Revolution.
Near this spotStood the beech tree…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLEZ_ambush-started-here_Oriskany-NY.html
The militia column, on its way to the relief of Fort Stanwix, marched into this ravine, August 6, 1777, and were ambushed by Loyalists and British. The attackers came out of hiding in woods on the west, the south and the north.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLEV_the-military-road_Oriskany-NY.html
Joseph Brant, familiar with the terrain, probably selected the place of ambush ~ where a small stream crossed the military road. The military road of 1777 was about ten rods north of the present highway.