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William Butler (colonel) Colonel William Butler (died 1789) was a Pennsylvania officer during the American Revolutionary War, known for his leadership in the Battle of Monmouth, the burning of the Indian villages at Unadilla and Oquaga, and in the Sullivan-Clinton Expedition . Butler's exact year of birth is unknown, but he was probably born in ...
Months later, regulars and militia commanded by Lieutenant Colonel William Butler retaliated against Brant's actions against Cobleskill and other communities by destroying two Iroquois villages on the Susquehanna River. A year later, Continental Army forces razed 40 Iroquois villages during the Sullivan Expedition.
69th Foot. Commands held. South Africa. Awards. GCB. Spouse (s) Elizabeth Thompson. Lieutenant General Sir William Francis Butler, GCB, PC (Ire) (31 October 1838 – 7 June 1910), was an Irish 19th-century British Army officer, writer, and adventurer .
The Raid on Unadilla and Onaquaga was a military operation by Continental Army forces and New York militia against the Iroquois towns of Unadilla and Onaquaga in what is now upstate New York. In early October 1778, more than 250 men under the command of Lieutenant Colonel William Butler of the 4th Pennsylvania Regiment descended on the two ...
The Battle of Long Island was a significant British victory in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War over American forces under the command of General George Washington, and the opening battle in a successful British campaign to gain control of New York City in 1776. The Americans had lined New York's harbor with various levels of ...
1st Georgia Consolidated (comprised 1st, 57th, and 63rd Regiments): Col Charles H. Olmstead. 54th Georgia Consolidated (comprised 37th and 54th Infantry Regiments and 4th Sharpshooters Battalion): Col Theodore D. Caswell. Govan's Brigade. BG Daniel C. Govan. 1st Arkansas Consolidated (comprised 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 13th, 15th, 19th ...
Cherry Valley massacre. The Cherry Valley massacre was an attack by British and Iroquois forces on a fort and the town of Cherry Valley in central New York on November 11, 1778, during the American Revolutionary War. It has been described as one of the most horrific frontier massacres of the war. [1] A mixed force of Loyalists, British soldiers ...
Sullivan Expedition. The 1779 Sullivan Expedition (also known as the Sullivan-Clinton Expedition, the Sullivan Campaign, and the Sullivan-Clinton Genocide [2]) was a United States military campaign during the American Revolutionary War, lasting from June to October 1779, against the four British -allied nations of the Iroquois (also known as ...