Sullivan Expedition

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Continental Army operation event in the American Revolutionary War military campaign

The Sullivan Expedition was a 1779 Continental Army campaign during the American Revolutionary War aimed at destroying Iroquois settlements allied with the British in New York and Pennsylvania.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Sullivan Expedition canonical 7
Sullivan Campaign 1
Sullivan Expedition of 1779 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Continental Army operation ⓘ
event in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sullivan Expedition ⓘ
surface form: Sullivan Campaign

Sullivan Expedition ⓘ
surface form: Sullivan–Clinton Expedition
battle Battle of Newtown ⓘ
belligerent Great Britain ⓘ
Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Loyalists ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
commander James Clinton ⓘ
John Sullivan ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateOfBattleOfNewtown 1779-08-29 ⓘ
effectOnPopulation refugee crisis among Iroquois ⓘ
endTime 1779-10 ⓘ
historicalAssessment considered a major blow to the Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
location Finger Lakes ⓘ
surface form: Finger Lakes region

Iroquois territory ⓘ
New York ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
Northern Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: northern Pennsylvania
objective destroy Iroquois settlements allied with the British ⓘ
neutralize Iroquois military capability ⓘ
punish Iroquois raids on frontier settlements ⓘ
opposingCommander John Butler ⓘ
Joseph Brant ⓘ
orderedBy George Washington ⓘ
participant Continental Army ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Loyalist forces ⓘ
partOf United States military history ⓘ
result destruction of Iroquois crops and food stores ⓘ
destruction of numerous Iroquois villages ⓘ
mass displacement of Iroquois civilians ⓘ
weakening of Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
startTime 1779-06 ⓘ
strategy scorched earth ⓘ
target Cayuga settlements ⓘ
Iroquois nations allied with the British ⓘ
Mohawk settlements ⓘ
Onondaga nation ⓘ
surface form: Onondaga settlements

Seneca settlements ⓘ
theatre Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
year 1779 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Sullivan → notableWork → Sullivan Expedition ⓘ
John Sullivan → notableCommand → Sullivan Expedition ⓘ
Town of Horseheads, New York → historicalEventAssociatedWith → Sullivan Expedition ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sullivan Expedition of 1779
Sullivan Expedition → alsoKnownAs → Sullivan Expedition ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sullivan–Clinton Expedition
Sullivan Expedition → alsoKnownAs → Sullivan Expedition ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sullivan Campaign
Newtown Battlefield State Park → associatedCampaign → Sullivan Expedition ⓘ
Cherry Valley raid → relatedEvent → Sullivan Expedition ⓘ
Pennsylvania frontier → conflict → Sullivan Expedition ⓘ
Enoch Poor → participatedIn → Sullivan Expedition ⓘ
North American theater of the American Revolutionary War → includesEvent → Sullivan Expedition ⓘ