Lowman in Chemung County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Routes of the Armies / Newtown 1779

— General John Sullivan and General James Clinton —

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Photographed By Craig Doda, April 7, 2023

1. Routes of the Armies

Inscription.
An expedition against the hostile Indian nations which checked the aggressions of the English and Indians on the frontiers of New York and Pennsylvania extending westward the dominion of the United States

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Newtown 1779
Here, by nightfall of August 29, 1779. Only smoke and ashes marked the sites of log cabins and storage sheds and the trampled corn fields of a loyalist "tory" and Indian settlement sometimes called Butlers Newtown... Faced by nearly one third of all the American Continental Forces here died the hopes and prestige of the ancient league of Ho-de-no-sau-nee the fabled "Long House" Confederacy of the Iroquois Six Nations

Erected 1929 by State of New York.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary.

Location. 42° 1.98′ N, 76° 43.698′ W. Marker is in Lowman, New York, in Chemung County. Memorial is on Oneida Road (County Route 60) north of Jilson Lane, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Elmira NY 14901, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Our Foe Redmen & British (approx. ¼ mile away); Knoll Cemetery (approx. ¼ mile away); Native Voices (approx. 0.4 miles away); Newtown Defense

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(approx. 0.4 miles away); Newtown Battlefield (approx. 0.4 miles away); Line of Rude Breastworks (approx. half a mile away); This Ridge (approx. half a mile away); Newtown (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lowman.

Also see . . . Battle of Newtown (Wikipedia). (Submitted on April 20, 2023, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)

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Photographed By Craig Doda, April 7, 2023

2. Newtown 1779

Routes of the Armies / Newtown 1779 Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Craig Doda, April 7, 2023

3. Routes of the Armies / Newtown 1779 Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 20, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 18, 2023, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 78 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 18, 2023, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.