The Battle of Minisink, which commenced on July 22, 1779 at Minisink Ford in Orange County, New York during the American Revolution was one of the most bloody and decisive battles of the War where Loyalists and Iroquois under the leadership of Joseph Brant, a Mohawk who was a Colonel in the British army, secured a major victory against the Colonial American forces under the command of Colonel Benjamin Tusten of Goshen, Orange County, New York. 22 July is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... 1779 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Minisink Ford, New York is a village on the Delaware River fifteen miles northwest of Port Jervis. ... The Orange County Government Center in Goshen, N.Y., designed by Paul Rudolph. ... The American Revolution ended two centuries of British rule for most of the North American colonies and created the modern United States of America. ... Loyalists (often capitalized L) were British North American colonists who remained loyal subjects of the British crown during the American Revolution. ... The Iroquois Confederacy (Haudenosaunee, also known as the League of Peace and Power, Five Nations, or Six Nations) is a group of First Nations/Native Americans. ... Joseph Brant, painted in London by George Romney in 1776 Thayendanegea or Joseph Brant (sometimes spelled Brandt or Brand) (c. ... The Mohawk (Kanienkeh or Kanienkehaka meaning People of the Flint) are an indigenous people of North America who live around Lake Ontario and the St. ... Colonel is a military rank of a commissioned officer, with the corresponding ranks existing in nearly every country in the world. ... Before the Revolution: The 13 colonies are in red, the pink area was claimed by Great Britain after the French and Indian War, and the orange region was claimed by Spain. ... Goshen is a village located in Orange County, New York. ... The Orange County Government Center in Goshen, N.Y., designed by Paul Rudolph. ...

The battle itself is well described by both sides including a written account by the Colonel Joseph Brant himself who not only could read and write English fluently, but had actually translated the English Bible into his own Mohawk language. The Bible (Hebrew תנ״ך tanakh, Greek η Βίβλος [hē biblos] ) (sometimes The Holy Bible, The Book, Good Book, Word of God, The Word Scripture), from Greek (τα) βίβλια, (ta) biblia, (the) books, is the classical name for the Hebrew Bible of Judaism or the combination of the Old Testament and New Testament of Christianity (The... Mohawk is a Native American language spoken in the United States and Canada. ...

It is thought that some 150 men were killed that day, with a separate company of 50 men completely being cut off and killed and scalped by Brant and his men according to his own account (though he said that there were some 40 men). Native American Big Mouth Spring with decorated scalp lock on right shoulder. ...

The town of Goshen, New York itself was all but completely decimated, and it is said that some 33 women were left as widows on that day. Brant said that he would have done more damage, but that there were too many houses for him to burn. Goshen, New York is a village and a town in Orange County, New York in the USA. Town of Goshen Village of Goshen This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Strangely, the town of Minisink and Goshen did not seek to bury the bones of their own dead until 1822, possibly due to feelings that the English victory was retribution for the killing of Claudius Smith, the notorious "outlaw" loyalist, whom they had hanged for supposed terroristic acts in the town of Goshen on January 22, 1779 – exactly six months to the day prior to their own judgment. 1822 (MDCCCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Claudius Smith ( 1736 – January 22, 1779), the notorious Cowboy Terrorist of the American Revolution was the oldest son of David Smith (1701–1787) – a tailor, cattleman, miller, constable, and finally judge – from Brookhaven, New York and Meriam (Williams) Carle from Hempstead, New York the daughter of Samuel Williams. ... January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1779 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

The people of Orange County still, and at the time, maintain that only 44 men were killed that day because they had only found the bodies of 44 people in 1822. But given the fact that what they found had been there for an entire 43 years, doesn't give much credibility to this assertion.

Immediate estimates at the time of battle by the Continental Army were that at least 110 individuals were killed in the battle. Thirty men were said to have actually returned, but of them, it isn't certain as to how many died as a result of their wounds. The Continental Army was the unified command structure of the thirteen colonies fighting Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War. ...

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