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Battle of Oriskany

Battle of Oriskany
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Herkimer at oriskany.jpg
Herkimer at the Battle of Oriskany
Painting by F.C. Yohn, c. 1901,
now in the public library in Utica, New York.
Date August 6, 1777
Location near Oriskany, New York;
in present-day Whitestown / Rome,
Oneida County, New York

43°10.6′N 75°22.2′W / 43.1767°N 75.3700°W / 43.1767; -75.3700Coordinates: 43°10.6′N 75°22.2′W / 43.1767°N 75.3700°W / 43.1767; -75.3700
Result Anglo-Indian tactical victory
American strategic victory
Belligerents

 United States


Oneida

 Great Britain


Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg Iroquois

Native Americans
Commanders and leaders
United States Nicholas Herkimer 
United States Peter Gansevoort

Kingdom of Great Britain Sir John Johnson
Kingdom of Great Britain John Butler


Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg Joseph Brant
Strength
720-740 militia
60-100 Indians
500 regulars, militia and Indians
Casualties and losses
385 killed
50 wounded
30 captured
Indians: 65 killed or wounded
British: 7 killed, 21 wounded, missing, or captured

 United States

 Great Britain

Flag of the Iroquois Confederacy.svg Iroquois

Kingdom of Great Britain Sir John Johnson
Kingdom of Great Britain John Butler


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