The Battle of Newtown

(Front Plaque):Near this site

Sunday August 29, 1779 was fought

The Battle of Newtown

between

Continental troops commanded by

Major General John Sullivan

and combined force of

Tories and Indians under

Colonel John Butler

and

Joseph Brant

avenging the massacres of

Wyoming and Cherry Valley

destroying the Iroquois Confederacy

ending attacks on our settlements

and ...

The Battle of Newtown

August 29, 1779

To protect the village of Newtown, about 600 Native American warriors, 200 loyalists, and a handful of British soldiers erected and camouflaged a half-mile-long breastwork of logs in the village overlooking a creek, hoping to surprise Sullivan's men ...