Affair at Little Egg Harbor
The Affair at Little Egg Harbor took place on October 15, 1778, in southern New Jersey during the American Revolutionary War. American Loyalists killed 45 Patriot men, bayonetting them as they slept. The massacre took place about one week after the Battle of Chestnut Neck, a British raid aimed at suppressing privateers who used the area as a base to harass and seize British ships and their cargoes.
| Little Egg Harbor massacre | |||||||
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| Part of the American Revolutionary War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United States | Great Britain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Kazimierz Pułaski | Patrick Ferguson | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 50 | 250 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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45 killed 5 captured |
3 killed 3 wounded | ||||||
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