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Oriskany, Battle of
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Oriskany, Battle of a battle between British and American forces near Oriskany, New York, on August 6, 1777, during the
Revolutionary War. On August 3, British Lt. Col. Barry St. Leger and his army of approximately 1,200 men, mostly Tories under Col. John Butler and Sir John Johnson, and Indians under
Mohawk chief
Joseph Brant, demanded the surrender of
Fort Stanwix (also called Fort Schuyler, and now Rome, New York) during their march across New York to join with British forces at Albany. Two miles west of Oriskany Creek, the British force ambushed a colonial force of some 800 men under Gen.
Nicholas Herkimer, who were en route to help defend the fort. Both sides suffered heavy casualties, and Herkimer was mortally wounded. On August 22, St. Leger, unable to force the surrender of the fort, retreated to Oswego.
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Secrets of Fort Schuyler
News Wire article from: Targeted News Service; 3/2/2009; 700+ words
; ...escape passage built between Fort Totten in Queens, to Fort Schuyler in the Bronx, where the Long...walled-up chambers in both forts. The enduring tale prompted...Maritime College, housed in Fort Schuyler, he enjoys exploring the...
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MARITIME COLLEGE HOSTS 52ND FORT SCHUYLER FORUM ON APRIL 19
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 4/21/2006; 475 words
; ...SUNY Maritime College jointly hosted the Fifty-Second Fort Schuyler Forum, Wednesday, April 19th, on the Maritime College...our Future with a Positive Outlook of Shipping." The Fort Schuyler Forum is held annually on the campus of the maritime...
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Maritime College opens its new cadet dormitory.(Construction & Design)(Maritime College at Fort Schuyler)
Magazine article from: Real Estate Weekly; 9/15/2004; 700+ words
; The Maritime College at Fort Schuyler, a specialized college of the State University of New York...stone facade complements the surrounding campus structures and Fort Schuyler's massive stone facade. At the rear of the building, sections...
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Hot off the Fort Schuyler Press
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/3/2008; 430 words
; ...and robotics engineers. In her new book entitled "Alluring Androids, Robot Women and Electronic Eves," published by Schuyler Press, Dr. Julie Wosk, professor of art history, English, and studio painting at SUNY Maritime College, explores the...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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Schuyler descendant comes home; Sgt. 1st Class Schuyler B. Haynes, killed in Iraq, is buried in Albany Rural Cemetery.(Main)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 12/1/2006; 700+ words
; ...an apartment together in Fort Hood," said Robert Foster. "He said Schuyler was his best friend." Killed...Falls City, Texas. Philip Schuyler, born in 1733, was a fourth...Albany area and built the Schuyler Mansion on Catherine Street...
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FUNDS EARMARKED FOR SCHUYLER PARK.(CAPITAL REGION)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 9/17/2003; 575 words
; ...Schuylerville and Victory. The proposed Schuyler Park combines the area's riches...ran through a presentation about Schuyler Park. She said U.S. Rep...Monument, Victory Woods, the Schuyler House, Fort Hardy Park, Hudson Crossing and...
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SCHUYLER PARK PLAN LINKS HISTORY AND TOURISM.(CAPITAL REGION)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 4/8/2003; 700+ words
; ...two components of the park, the Schuyler Harbor Project and the Champlain...as funding goes. Stokes said Schuyler Park has a six-year timeline...Monument, Victory Woods, the Schuyler House, Fort Hardy Park and Hudson Crossing...
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DONGAN, SCHUYLER, LIVINGSTON: AN EARLY TRIO OF INFLUENCE.(TRICENTENNIAL)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 7/6/1986; 700+ words
; ...she married Johannes Schuyler, they established their...diagonally across from Pieter Schuyler in a building that also...with the British at the fort and had already held...manor house in 1660 near Fort Orange. The house was...Albany, he married Pieter Schuyler's older sister Alida...
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 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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FORTS OF NEW YORK; NEW YORKERS THIS WEEKEND CAN VISIT FORTS THAT PLAYED A ROLE IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND OUR NATION'S STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 7/4/2009; 700+ words
; ...several French and Indian War forts, including Bradstreet in Fulton...several Revolutionary War fort sites dot the map within a...Syracuse area. Some, such as Forts Ontario and Stanwix, were...Revolution. Others, such as Fort Herkimer Church, were small...it over and renamed it Fort ...
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PHILIP SCHUYLER 1733-1804 STEPHEN VAN RENSSELAER III 1764-1839 ERASTUS CORNING I 1794-1872 THURLOW WEED 1797-1882 KATE HAMILTON 1800S OR EARLIER CHESTER A. ARTHUR 1829-1886 ERASTUS CORNING 2ND 1909-1983.(Main)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 9/29/1991; 700+ words
; Schuyler was born into one of the old Dutch patroon...major generals in the Continental Army, Schuyler planned an ambitious invasion of Canada that ended in a retreat and the capture of Fort Ticonderoga. Furious with himself for this...
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Fort Schuyler
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Fort Schuyler see Fort Schuyler .
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Fort Stanwix
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Fort Stanwix colonial outpost on the site of...treaty with the Iroquois there in 1768. The fort fell into disrepair until early in the American...it was rebuilt by the patriots and called Fort Schuyler. In 1777 (see Saratoga campaign ) the...
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Saratoga campaign
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...under St. Leger besieged the Revolutionary forces at Fort Stanwix (Fort Schuyler). An American party under Nicholas Herkimer , which...and Horatio Gates , who had replaced Philip J. Schuyler as American commander. The British commander then...
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Herkimer, Nicholas
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
...Herkimer, New York. He was wounded while on a mission to rescue Fort Schuyler, which was besieged by British forces, and died of complications...additional British forces and allowed American relief troops to reach Fort Schuyler in timely fashion.
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Oneidas
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
...their assistance, the Treaty of Fort Stanwix in 1784 offered the...stated in the 1789 Treaty of Fort Harmar. However, between these...cessions via the 1785 Treaty at Fort Herkimer and 1788 Treaty of Fort Schuyler. Through these two treaties...
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