The War Years (1775-1783)
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The Captives of the Raid on Remensnyder’s Bush, Tryon County, New York, April 3, 1780
No front of the American War of Independence was more consistently violent than the northern frontier in what is today central New York State. Relative to the size of the forces involved, the costliest battle of the war took place at Oriskany near present-day Rome, New York, where the Patriot casualty rate exceeded 50 percent. […]
