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Author_Gavin K. Watt
Butler's Rangers
Butler’s Rangers
Carleton's Otter Creek Raid
Carleton’s Otter Creek Raid
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Cherry Valley Massacre
Cobleskill Raid
Comte d'Estaing
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Fort Niagara
Fort Ranger
Fort Stanwix
German Flatts Raid
Governor Frederick Haldimand
Great Runaway
Hartley's Wyalusing Expedition
Hartley’s Wyalusing Expedition
Hazen's Road
John Butler
John Stark
Joseph Brant
Marquis de LaFayette
Old Smoke Sayengaraghta
Pakatakan
Pepacton
Philip Schuyler
Six Nations
Timothy Bedel
Walter Butler
Whitcomb's Rangers
Wilkes-Barre
Wyoming Massacre
Zebulon Butler
Product details
- ISBN 9781459738584
- Weight: 625g
- Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 17 Aug 2017
- Publisher: Dundurn Group Ltd
- Publication City/Country: CA
- Product Form: Paperback
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Following a disastrous campaign in 1777, the alliance between the Six Nations and the British Crown became seriously strained. Relations were made even more difficult by the hands-off stance of Quebec’s governor, General Guy Carleton, which led to the Native leaders developing their own strategies and employing traditional tactics, leading to a ferocious series of attacks on the frontiers of Vermont, New York, and Pennsylvania, supported by Loyalist and Regular troops. Among these were two infamous actions, referred to as “massacres” by American historians — attacks on the Wyoming and Cherry Valleys. This destructive campaign prompted the Continental Congress to mount three major retributive expeditions against the territories of the Six Nations and their allies the following year.
In Fire and Desolation, Gavin Watt details individual historical conflicts, illustrates the crushing tactical expertise of the Senecas and their Loyalist allies, and provides a fresh perspective on Canada’s involvement in the American Revolution and the unfolding events of 1778.
In Fire and Desolation, Gavin Watt details individual historical conflicts, illustrates the crushing tactical expertise of the Senecas and their Loyalist allies, and provides a fresh perspective on Canada’s involvement in the American Revolution and the unfolding events of 1778.
Gavin K. Watt is the author of eleven books about loyalist military history, including Burning of the Valleys and Rebellion in the Mohawk Valley. He lives in King City, Ontario.
