Battlefields and Raids

Oneida County Historical Society

Oriskany Battlefield State Historic Site

Considered the significant turning point in the American Revolution, the Battle of Oriskany, fought on August 6, 1777, has been described as one of the bloodiest battles of the War of Independence. ...

Raid and Massacre at Cherry Valley Marker

The Cherry Valley massacre was an attack by British and Iroquois forces on Fort Alden and the village of Cherry Valley on November 11, 1778. It has been described as one of the most horrific frontier ...

Raid on Caughnawaga

On May 21, 1780 Sir John Johnson led a raiding party from Canada south to the Mohawk River along the Sacandaga Trail to the settlement of Caughnawaga, now Fonda, NY. The raid targeted specific Patriot...

Raid on German Flatts

British and Native Americans forces raided German Flatts (present day Herkimer) Sept. 17, 1778. Interpretation of this raid can be found at the Herkimer Home State Historic Site. An historical mar...

Saratoga National Historical Park/Saratoga Monument

Sharon Springs Battlefield

On July 9, 1781 scouts out of Fort Rensselaer reported to Colonel Marinus Willett that the British were burning Currytown, NY. A force of nearly 300 Indians and Loyalists under Lieutenant John Docksta...

Site of Iroquois village, Onaquaga

Lying south and west of what now the SW corner of Otsego county, the Iroquois settlement at Onaquaga (now North Windsor) was hundreds of years old, a trading post and missionary station. During the 1...

Site of Iroquois village, Unadilla

Site of the historic Iroquois village of Unadilla and marker of the Sullivan-Clinton Campaign route along the Susquehanna River south and west. Raids on old Unadilla and (nearby) Onaquaga occurre...

Stone Arabia Battlefield

On October 19, 1780 Sir John Johnson led an army of 900 Loyalist and British Regulars on an invasion of the Mohawk Valley. After following a circuitous route across southern New York State they swept ...