Episode 152 Fort Stanwix and Oriskany

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

History, Education

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🗓️ 7 June 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

General Nicholas Herkimer leads a militia relief force to save Fort Stanwix. A native an militia force form St. Leger's Army ambushes the relief force in the bloody battle of Oriskany. The relief force retreats and the siege continues. Days later, General Benedict Arnold leads a relief force to the fort. After the enemy believes exaggerated numbers of Arnold's army, the force under St. Leger flees back to Lake Ontario. Arnold lifts the siege and keeps the fort in American hands. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: Rebellion in the Mohawk Valley: The St. Leger Expedition of 1777, by Gavin K. Watt Online Recommendation of the Week: Orderly book of Sir John Johnson during the Oriskany Campaign, 1776-1777, by William Leete Stone (ed): https://archive.org/details/cu31924032310629 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:17.0	Thank you. Hello and thank you for joining the American Revolution.
0:33.0	Today, episode 152, the Siege of Fort Stanwicks and the Battle of L'Riskini.
0:40.0	So last week we covered the British Army under General Barry St. Ledger,
0:44.7	comprised mostly of Iroquois warriors along with loyalist militia who were all fighting
0:50.9	under the command of Sir John Johnson and Chief Joseph Grant.
0:55.8	The Army was preparing to be siege Fort Stanwicks. They faced a garrison commanded by Colonel
1:01.6	Peter Gavensfort and Lieutenant Colonel Marinus Willett with about 750
1:07.1	Continental Zen militia.
1:09.3	St Ledger's force far outnumbered the Garrison by almost 3-1, and there did not seem to be any hope of the
1:16.4	retreating Continental Army sending a relief column anytime soon.
1:22.0	This however is where Homecourt Advantage really matters. There were still
1:26.6	a great many local Patriot militia in the area. Militia General Nicholas Herkimer mustered his militia at Fort Dayton in what is today known as
1:37.4	Herkimer New York about 30 miles from Fort Stanwicks.
1:42.0	General Herkimer assembled a militia army of a little
1:45.0	over 700 men to march to Fort Stanwicks and relieve the siege. Along with the
1:50.6	militia were several dozen Oni-I- Oneida warriors, by some estimates maybe as many as a hundred.
1:56.9	While the Oneida tribe continued to profess neutrality, they were on friendly terms with the local Patriots, and they deemed the invasion of their
2:05.8	land by St Ledger's expedition as an act of war on the Oneida tribe.
2:11.9	General Herkimer, having assembled his force, though, was reluctant to advance.
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