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The New York and New Jersey campaign in 1776 and the winter months of 1777 was a series of American Revolutionary War battles for control of the Port of New York and the state of New Jersey, fought between British forces under General Sir William Howe and the Continental Army under General George Washington.
The Saratoga campaign in 1777 was an attempt by the British high command for North America ... American troops were allocated throughout New York theater in June 1777.
General William Howe had taken his army from New York City by sea on a campaign to capture Philadelphia instead of moving north to meet Burgoyne. [16] Most of Burgoyne's Indian support had fled following the loss at Bennington, and his situation was becoming difficult. [ 17 ]
July 8, 1777: New York: British victory Siege of Fort Stanwix: August 2–23, 1777: New York: Patriot victory: British fail to take Fort Stanwix Battle of Oriskany: August 6, 1777: New York: British victory Second Battle of Machias: August 13–14, 1777: Massachusetts (present-day Maine) British victory Battle of Bennington: August 16, 1777 ...
The Van Woert's Regiment of Militia, also known as the 16th Albany County Militia Regiment, [1] was called up in July, 1777 at Hoosick, New York, United States, to reinforce General Horatio Gates's Continental Army during the Saratoga Campaign. The regiment served in Brigadier General Abraham Ten Broeck's Brigade.
The Burning of Kingston, New York, took place on October 16, 1777, a Thursday, during the American Revolutionary War as part of the Saratoga Campaign
The Battle of Oriskany (/ ɔːr ˈ ɪ s k ə n iː / or / ə ˈ r ɪ s k ə n iː /) was a major engagement of the Saratoga campaign during the American Revolutionary War.On August 6, 1777, an American column of Tryon County militia and Oneidas marching to relieve the siege of Fort Stanwix was ambushed by a contingent of Britain's Indigenous allies and Loyalists.
Jane McCrea was born in Bedminster, New Jersey, one of the younger children in the large family of Rev. James McCrea. [1] After her mother died and her father remarried, McCrea moved in with her brother John who lived near Saratoga, New York, where she eventually became engaged to David Jones. [2]