BATTLES AND RAIDS
1. July 30, 1609-Champlain’s battle with the Mohawks
2. Oct. 1615–Champlain’s raid on the Oneida fort
3. 1625-Dutch and Mohicans battle the Mohawk Indians
4. Summer 1653-Long Island – Fort Neck
5. Summer 1663-Kingston destroyed by the Esopus Indians
6. Jan. 1666-DeCoursell’s raid
7. Oct. 1666-DeTracy’s raid
8. 1689-Old Saratoga destroyed (King William’s War)
9. Aug. 18, 1669-Mohawk Indians raided by Mohican Indians (Towerwune)
10. All St’s. Day, 1669-Indians massacre French settlement at Pompey
11. Feb. 8, 1690-Schenectady Massacre by French and Indians
12. June 26, 1691-Maj. Pieter Schuyler’s expedition against French and Indians
13. Aug. 1, 1692-Raid against French and Indians
14. Jan. 1693-DeTracy and Indians raid Mohawk Indian Villages
15. Feb. 1693-Frouteme’s battle with English, west of Saratoga (Wilton)
16. 1696-Frontenac destroys Onondaga village
17. June 1709-Colonists invade Canada
18. Mar. 1744-Lt. Horbin strikes near Saratoga
19. Nov. 28, 1745-Fort Saratoga destroyed (Schuylerville)
20. Nov. 1745-Fort Lydius destroyed by French and Indians
21. Oct. 23, 1746-Wagon train attacked
22. Oct. 5, 1747-Fort Clinton destroyed by its garrison
23. July 18, 1748-Battle of Beukendall
24. Aug. 14, 1755-French capture Fort Oswego
25. Sept. 8, 1755-Battle of Lake George (3 distinct engagements)
26. Feb. 23, 1756-French and Indians burn houses in Ulster county
27. Mar. 1756-DeLerys attack and massacre at Fort Bull
28. Summer 1756-Several bloody affrays took place (Half-way Brook)
29. July 3, 1756-Battle in Oswego River (Battle Island)
30. 1756-Sabbath Day Point
31. Mar. 1757-Night attack on Fort William Henry
32. Aug. 9, 1757-Capture of Fort William Henry and massacre
33. Nov. 11, 1757-French and Indian raid at Oneida Castle and upper valley
34. Apr. 30, 1758-French and Indian raid on Fort Herkimer and south side
35. July 20, 1758-One of the many skirmishes for which the Half-way Brook is noted
36. July 26, 1758–Battle of Fort Ticonderoga
37. July 27, 1758–This massacre is probably the most important event which took place at Half-way Brook
38. Aug. 27, 1758–English capture Fort Oswego
39. Aug. 1758-Battle northwest of Fort Ann
40. Sept 9, 1758-“Another attack,” at the Half-way Brook
41. Nov.12, 1758-DeBelletre’s attack on Fort Herkimer (Kouari)
42. July 23, 1759-English capture Fort Niagara
43. Aug. 25, 1760-Surrender of Fort Lewis (Oswegatchie) (Ogdensburg)
44. May 12, 1775-Crown Point and Fort Ticonderoga captured
45. 1776-Skirmishes at Sabbath Day Point
46. Aug. 27, 1776-Battle of Long Island
47. Sept. 15, 1776-Battle of Harlem Plains
48. Oct. 14, 1776-Battle of Valcour Island (Naval engagement)
49. Oct. 28, 1776-Battle of White Plains
50. Mar. 22, 1777-Peekskill invaded by British
51. Aug. 6 1777-Battle of Oriskany (St. Leger’s Campaign)
52. Aug. 13, 1777-Vrooman’s Battle (Schoharie Valley)
53. Aug. 16 , 1777-Battle of Bennington
54. Sept. 19, 1777-First Battle of Freeman’s Farm (Saratoga)
55. Oct. 6, 1777-Kingston burned by Sir James Wallace
56. Oct. 7, 1777-Second Battle of Freeman’s Farm (Saratoga)
57. Oct. 7, 1777-Forts Clinton and Montgomery captured by British
58. Oct. 17, 1777-Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga
59. Feb. 1778-Battle of Fairfield
60. Apr. 3, 1778-Manheim attacked by Tories and Indians
61. Apr. 30, 1778-Ephratah attacked by Tories and Indians
62. June 17,1778–Springfield destroyed by Brant
63. June 1, 1778-Cobleskill destroyed by Brant
64. July 18, 1778-Andrustown destroyed by Indians under Brant
65. Aug. 1, 1778 German Flats raided by Tories and Indians under Brant
66. 1778-British and Tories raid Manheim district
67. Sept. 27, 1778-Massacre of Baylor’s Corps at Tappan
68. Oct. 1778-Unadilla raided by Tories and Indians
69. Nov. 11, 1778-Cherry Valley massacre by Butler and Indians under Brant
70. Spring 1779-Stone Arabia attacked and small affairs on south side
71. April 18, 1779-Gen. VanSchaick’s expedition against the Onondagas
72. May 1779-Indians attack and burn Cobleskill
73. June 1, 1779-Forts at Verplank’s Point and Stony Point captured by British
74. July 16, 1779-Battle of Stony Point
75. July 22, 1779-Battle of Minisink
76. Aug. 29, 1779–Battle of Newtown (near Elmira)
77. Sept. 1779-German Flats raided by Tories and Indians
78. Sept. 30, 1779-Sullivan’s Expedition ends with destruction of Indian villages
79. Summer 1779-Raids at Schoharie, Canajoharie, Stone Arabia and Fort Plain
80. Sept. 5, 1779-Continental Troops capture stronghold at Lloyd’s Neck
81. Nov. 23, 1779-Capture of Fort George at South Bay by Continental forces
82. Feb. 1780–Geman Flats attacked
83. Apr. 2, 1780-Harpersfield raided by Brant
84. Apr. 3, 1780-Sacandaga block-house attacked
85. Apr. 24, 1780-Cherry Valley attacked by 79 Indians
86. Spring 1780-Sir Frederick Haldiman destroys Oneida village
87. May 21, 1780-Johnstown raided by Sir John Johnson
88. May 22, 1780-Caughnawega attacked
89. Aug. 2, 1780–Fort Plain and Canajoharie attacked by Brant
90. Aug. 10, 1780-Attack on Schoharie near Norman’s Kill
91. 1780-Little Falls attacked
92. Fall 1780-Carleton’s raid and destruction of Ballston
93. Oct. 16, 1780-Sir John Johnson appears at Schoharie, start of great raid on Schoharie and Mohawk Valleys
94. Oct. 18, 1780-Seth’s Henry raid near Cobleskill
95. Oct. 19, 1780-Battle of Stone Arabia and Klock’s Field
96. Mar. 2, 1781-Brant attacks wood choppers near Fort Schuyler
97. Spring 1781-Constant warfare carried on in the vicinity of the forts
98. July 2, 1781-Capt. Woodworth and party ambushed at Kasts Bridge
99. July 9, 1781-Currytown Massacre by Doxtader and Indians
100. July 10, 1781-Battle of Sharon Springs (New Dorlach)
101. Sept. 1, 1781-Indians attack lower Cobleskill settlement
102. Oct. 24, 1781-Ross and Butler enter valley-Currytown, Warrensbush
103. Oct, 25, 1781-Battle of Johnstown
104. Oct. 29, 1781-Battle of Butler’s Ford
105. Nov. 1, 1781-Brant and Chrysler appear at Vroomans Land
106. Late 1781-Cobleshill attacked by Tories from New Rhinebeck
107. June 1782-Indians attack and burn Petrie’s Mill at Little Falls
108. July 15, 1782-Tories and Indians raid German Flats
109. July 26, 1782-Crysler brothers appear in Foxes Creek valley
110. Dec. 9, 1782-Seth Henry’s raid on Cobleskill (Hyndsville)
111. Aug. 5, 1783-Raid on the south shore of German Flats
112. Dec. 19, 1813-British capture Niagara
113. May 5, 1814-Battle of Oswego
114. Sept. 11, 1814-Battle of Plattsburg