Battle of Oriskany | |||||||
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Part of the American Revolutionary War | |||||||
Herkimer at the Battle of Oriskany Painting by F.C. Yohn, c. 1901, now in the public library in Utica, New York. |
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Belligerents | |||||||
Oneida |
Native Americans |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Nicholas Herkimer † Peter Gansevoort |
Joseph Brant |
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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 |