Battle of Cobleskill 1778
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 30 May 1778 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1778 | Wikidata P585 (point in time) |
| Era | Early modern (1500–1799) | derived from year |
| Location | United States | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | North America | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | American Revolutionary War | Wikidata P361 |
| Participants | United States | Wikidata P710 |
| Coordinates | 42.6792, -74.4856 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Battle of Cobleskill was an American Revolutionary War raid on the frontier settlement of Cobleskill, New York on May 30, 1778. The battle took place in what is now the hamlet of Warnerville, New York, near the modern Cobleskill-Richmondville High School. The raid marked the beginning of a phase in which Loyalists and Haudenosaunee, encouraged and supplied by British authorities in the Province of Quebec, attacked and destroyed numerous villages on what was then the western frontier of New York and Pennsylvania.
A small party of Haudenosaunee entered Cobleskill and drew the local defenders into a trap set by a much larger party of Haudenosaunee and Loyalists under the command of Joseph Brant. After killing a number of the regulars and militia, and driving off the remainder, Brant's forces destroyed much of the settlement. Months later, regulars and militia commanded by Lieutenant Colonel William Butler retaliated against Brant's actions against Cobleskill and other communities by destroying two Haudenosaunee villages on the Susquehanna River. A year later, Continental Army forces razed 40 Haudenosaunee villages during the Sullivan Expedition.
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