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Routes of the Armies
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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
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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. Memorial is in Lowman, New York, in Chemung County. It is on Oneida Road (County Route 60) north of Jilson Lane, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Elmira NY 14901, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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this memorial is in Upstate New York and in the Southern Tier. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Our Foe Redmen & British (approx. Ό mile away); Knoll Cemetery (approx. Ό mile away); Native Voices (approx. 0.4 miles away); Newtown Defense (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.)
 
Newtown 1779 image. Click for full size.
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 383 times since then and 14 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.
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