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The Mohawk Valley Path Through History begins with the Revolutionary War - the sites and events related to this period in history.
Washington blames militia for problems
General George Washington writes on this day in 1776 of his displeasure with the undisciplined conduct and poor battlefield performance of the American militia. Washington blamed the Patriot reliance on the militia as the chief root of his problems in the devastating loss of Long Island and Manhattan to the British.