Battle of Chemung - Chemung County, NY
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N 42° 01.684 W 076° 41.284
18T E 360257 N 4654270
Battle of Chemung-Routes of the Armies - Interstate 86-NY RT 60 - Chemung County, NY
There are portraits of Sullivan and Clinton and a map of their route.
Waymark Code: WMPDPT
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 08/14/2015
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This is one of several markers that NY placed to show the route of the Sullivan-Clinton campaign in the Revolution
text: "Battle of Chemung August 13, 1779 General Sullivan's troops were attacked by Indians posted on this ridge A valorous charge led by Colonel Hubley drove the Indians to the swale a quarter mile west The American dead were conveyed to Tioga and buried at Fort Sullivan Erected by the State of New York 1929"
text other side "Routes of the armies of General John Sullivan and James Clinton 1779 an expedition against the hostile Indian nations which checked the aggressions of the English and Indians on the frontiers of New York and Pennsylvania extending westward the dominion of the United States erected by the State of New York 1929"