Butler’s Rangers

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Loyalist provincial military unit irregular military unit

Butler’s Rangers was a Loyalist provincial military unit that fought alongside the British during the American Revolutionary War, noted for its frontier raids and irregular warfare tactics.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Butler's Rangers	3
Loyalist ranger corps	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Loyalist provincial military unit ⓘ irregular military unit ⓘ
activeDuring	1777–1784 ⓘ
afterDisbandmentResult	many members resettled in Upper Canada ⓘ
allegiance	British Crown ⓘ Great Britain ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Haudenosaunee ⓘ surface form: Iroquois warriors Mohawk allies ⓘ
commander	John Butler ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country	Great Britain ⓘ
disbandedIn	1784 ⓘ
endTime	1784 ⓘ
engagedIn	Cherry Valley raid ⓘ raid on Wyoming Valley ⓘ
garrison	Fort Niagara State Park ⓘ surface form: Fort Niagara
hasCommanderRank	Lieutenant Colonel John Butler ⓘ
hasReputation	effectiveness as light troops ⓘ ruthlessness in frontier warfare ⓘ
historicalRegion	British America ⓘ surface form: British North America
ideology	Loyalism ⓘ
influenced	Loyalist settlement patterns in Upper Canada ⓘ
languageOfCommand	English ⓘ
militaryBranch	British provincial corps ⓘ
namedAfter	John Butler ⓘ
notableFor	frontier raids ⓘ irregular warfare tactics ⓘ raids on frontier settlements ⓘ
operatedIn	New York frontier ⓘ Ohio Country ⓘ Pennsylvania frontier ⓘ frontier regions of the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
opposedBy	Continental Army ⓘ Patriot militia ⓘ
parentOrganization	British Army (provincial service) ⓘ
partOf	British provincial forces in North America ⓘ
recruitedFrom	Loyalists from New York ⓘ Loyalists from Pennsylvania ⓘ Loyalists from frontier settlements ⓘ
size	several companies ⓘ
startTime	1777 ⓘ
uniformColor	green ⓘ
unitType	light infantry ⓘ rangers ⓘ
usedWarfareStyle	guerrilla warfare ⓘ partisan warfare ⓘ scalping and terror tactics ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

King’s Royal Regiment of New York → associatedWith → Butler’s Rangers ⓘ

John Butler → commanded → Butler’s Rangers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Butler's Rangers

Loyalist militias → hasPart → Butler’s Rangers ⓘ

John Butler → militaryBranch → Butler’s Rangers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Butler's Rangers

John Butler → militaryUnitTypeCommanded → Butler’s Rangers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Loyalist ranger corps

Loyalist provincial corps → notableUnit → Butler’s Rangers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Butler's Rangers