The Battle of Huck’s Defeat

The information on the historical marker to the left[sic] is not accurate,

The inscription on the back is an honorable tribute to Martha Bratton’s bravery prior to the battle. Watt’s tombstone, a reproduction, is in tribute to his significant patriotic activities ...

Stephen Tyng Mather

July 4, 1867 - Jan. 22, 1930

He laid the foundation of the National Park Service defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations. There will never come an end to ...

Field of Huck's Defeat

[Front Marker]

Where 75 Whigs led by

Colonel William Bratton

defeated a British and Tory

force of 500 men

July 12, 1780.

On this date, Sept.30, 1953, there stands 200 feet to the north of this stone, the Revolutionary home of Col. William Bratton and his ...

Douglas' (Texas) Battery

Maj. T.R. Hotchkiss' Artillery Battalion.

Douglas' (Texas) Battery.

2 - 12 PDR. Howitzers, 2 - 6 PDRS.

Maj. T.R. Hotchkiss' Artillery Battalion.

Cleburne's Division.

1st Lieut. Jno. H. Bingham, Commanding.

1st Lieut. Benjamin Hardin.

2nd Lieut. F. L. Fleishl.

2nd Lieut. W. J. Sanders.

Nov. 25, 1863.

The battery took ...

British Strategy

Major general Edward Pakenham’s final plan was to charge Major General Jackson’s position before daylight, to reduce the effectiveness of American artillery fire. The plan was complicated and depended on split-second timing and coordination.

The British attack force was divided into ...

Brassfield Station

A Path Both Traveled

(Preface): The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the “March to the Sea.” Sherman's objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ...

Bratton Home

This structure, built by William Bratton about 1770, is one of the oldest in York County. The original log house was a two-story home. The timber frame wing at the back of the house was added later. The home was ...

Welcome to Oriskany Battlefield

Oriskany Battlefield stands at the very heart of the American Revolution in the Mohawk River Valley. As in past conflicts, in 1777 the valley again became a critical military corridor for the movement of men and materials.

The story of the ...

Battery

On this hill, during the

American Revolution, was

a battery for the defense

of “The Gorge of the

Mountains”, Fishkill Clove.

Marker is on Albany Post Road (U.S. 9), on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Three Batteries

On the hills

back of this stone

stood three batteries

guarding this pass

1776 – 1783

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Melzingah Chapter

Daughters American Revolution

1902

Marker is on Albany Post Road (U.S. 9), on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org