Battle of Johnstown

Battle of Johnstown

The Battle of Johnstown was fought in Johnstown, New York. It was one of the last battles fought in the American theatre of the American Revolutionary War approximately 1400 fought at Johnstown on October 25, 1781. Local Continental forces, led by Col. Marinus Willett of Johnstown, ultimately put the British forces under command of Major John Ross of King's Royal Regiment of New York and Captain Walter Butler of Butler's Rangers to flight. This was the first time so many British regular army troops participated in a border raid in this area.

The British retreated northwards and Marinus Willett marched to German Flatts to cut them off.

References

*Decker, Lewis G. "Images of America: Johnstown". Arcadia Publishing (an imprint of Tempus Publishing, Inc.); Charlestown, SC. 1999. ISBN 0-7385-0174-3.
* Watt, Gavin, "The Burning of the Valleys", 1997, ISBN 1-55002-271-7

External links

* [http://www.johnstown.com/batljohn.html Historic Johnstown, New York (Battle of Johnstown)] accessed November 26, 2006
* [http://www.johnstown.com Historic Johnstown, New York]


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