Battle of Minisink

Battle of Minisink
	Part of the American Revolutionary War
	; Monument in Goshen, New York over mass grave of Minisink battle dead
Date	July 22, 1779
Location	Highland, Sullivan County,; near Minisink Ford, New York
Result	British (Loyalists and Iroquois) victory
Belligerents
United States	Great Britain; Iroquois Confederacy
Commanders and leaders
John Hathorn; Benjamin Tusten †	Joseph Brant
Strength
120 militia	60 Iroquois; 27 Loyalists
Casualties and losses
46 killed; 1 captured	3 killed; 10 wounded

The Battle of Minisink took place during the American Revolutionary War at Minisink Ford, New York, on July 22, 1779. It was the only major skirmish of the Revolutionary War fought in the upper Delaware valley. The battle was a decisive British victory, as the Patriot militia was hastily assembled, ill-equipped and inexperienced.

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