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The 1779 Sullivan Expedition (also known as the Sullivan-Clinton Expedition, the Sullivan Campaign, and the Sullivan-Clinton Campaign) 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 the Haudenosaunee).
The Americans also constructed an entrenchment at the northern end of Sullivan's Island, which was manned by more than 750 men and three small cannons, [38] [39] and began to fortify a guard post at Haddrell's Point on the mainland opposite Fort Sullivan. [40] General Clinton encountered the first major problem of the attack plan on June 17.
The Boyd and Parker ambush was a minor military engagement in what is now Groveland, New York on September 13, 1779, during the American Revolutionary War.A scouting patrol of the Sullivan Expedition was ambushed by Loyalist soldiers led by Major John Butler and their Seneca allies led by Cornplanter and Little Beard.
From the Palm Beach Post archives: Hunt for James Sullivan’s riches 28 years after he had wife Lita McClinton killed
While white has been popular for Clinton throughout the campaign, she went with another symbolic color for her concession speech: purple.
Clinton campaign manager John Podesta took the stage, comforting supporters and asking them to head home and rest. The area was silent as crowds obeyed filing out of the venue.
Major-General James Clinton (August 9, 1736 – September 22, 1812) was a Continental Army officer and politician who fought in the American Revolutionary War.. During the war he, along with John Sullivan, led the 1779 Sullivan Expedition against the British-allied Iroquois.
The Battle of Newtown (August 29, 1779) was the only major battle of the Sullivan Expedition, an armed offensive led by Major General John Sullivan that was ordered by George Washington to end the threat of the Iroquois who had sided with the British in the American Revolutionary War.