Battle of Oriskany

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battle engagement

The Battle of Oriskany was a brutal and pivotal 1777 engagement in New York during the American Revolutionary War, noted for its high casualties and significant impact on the Saratoga campaign.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Oriskany canonical	6
Siege of Fort Stanwix	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ engagement ⓘ
aftermath	Patriot militia column forced to withdraw ⓘ St. Leger’s force ultimately retreated from the Mohawk Valley ⓘ
belligerent	British-allied militia ⓘ Iroquois warriors allied with the British ⓘ Loyalist forces ⓘ Patriot militia ⓘ
casualties	high on both sides ⓘ
combatantSide	British Indian Department auxiliaries ⓘ King’s Royal Regiment of New York ⓘ surface form: King's Royal Regiment of New York (Loyalist) Patriot New York militia ⓘ
commander	Barry St. Leger ⓘ Joseph Brant ⓘ Nicholas Herkimer ⓘ Sir John Johnson ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Oriskany Battlefield State Historic Site ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Province of New York ⓘ surface form: United States (then Province of New York)
date	1777-08-06 ⓘ
hasType	ambush ⓘ land battle ⓘ
location	Mohawk Valley ⓘ near Oriskany, New York ⓘ
notableFor	contributing to the American victory in the Saratoga campaign ⓘ dividing the Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ heavy hand-to-hand combat ⓘ impact on the failure of the British St. Leger expedition ⓘ one of the bloodiest battles of the American Revolutionary War relative to numbers engaged ⓘ
objective	relief of the besieged Fort Stanwix by Patriot militia ⓘ
partOf	Howe’s 1777 Philadelphia campaign ⓘ surface form: British 1777 campaign to isolate New England Saratoga campaign ⓘ
relatedTo	Saratoga campaign ⓘ surface form: Battles of Saratoga Battle of Oriskany self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Siege of Fort Stanwix
result	strategic American advantage ⓘ tactically inconclusive ⓘ
state	New York ⓘ
strategicEffect	contributed to the eventual surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga ⓘ helped secure American control of upstate New York ⓘ
theater	Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
year	1777 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War → hasPart → Battle of Oriskany ⓘ

Battle of Oriskany → relatedTo → Battle of Oriskany self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Fort Stanwix

Nicholas Herkimer → notableEvent → Battle of Oriskany ⓘ

New York frontier → notableEvent → Battle of Oriskany ⓘ

New York militia → participatedIn → Battle of Oriskany ⓘ

Oriskany Battlefield State Historic Site → commemorates → Battle of Oriskany ⓘ

North American theater of the American Revolutionary War → includesEvent → Battle of Oriskany ⓘ