Brant's Volunteers

Brant's Volunteers
Brant's Volunteers
	Joseph Brant and his Loyalist and indigenous volunteers raided settlements on the frontier of New York during the American Revolutionary War.
Active	1777-1783
Country	Kingdom of Great Britain
Allegiance	Kingdom of Great Britain
Branch	Loyalist associators
Type	Independent rangers (auxiliaries)
Role	Special operations, guerrilla warfare, light infantry
Size	100-300
Equipment	Mixed arms (Brown Bess muskets, hunting rifles, tomahawks, scalping knives)
Engagements	American Revolutionary War Siege of Fort Stanwix (1777); Battle of Oriskany (1777); Battle of Cobleskill (1778); Attack on German Flatts (1778); Cherry Valley Massacre (1778); Battle of Minisink (1779); Battle of Klock's Field (1780); Lochry's Defeat (1781);
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Captain Joseph Brant;

Brant's Volunteers, also known as Joseph Brant's Volunteers, were an irregular unit of Loyalist and indigenous volunteers raised during the American Revolutionary War by Mohawk war leader, Joseph Brant (Mohawk: Thayendanegea), who fought on the side of the British on the frontier of New York. Being military associators, they were not provided soldiers' uniforms, weapons, or pay by the British government, and survived by foraging and plundering.

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