Near Hector in Schuyler County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

General Clinton's Brigade

Camp Site

Photographed by Keith S Smith, July 3, 2014

1. General Clinton's Brigade Marker

Inscription.
Camp Site
Gen. Clinton's
Brigade
Camp, Line East-West
Sullivan-Clinton Campaign
September 3, 1779

Erected 1932 by New York State Education Department.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1854.

Location. 42° 29.713′ N, 76° 52.614′ W. Marker is near Hector, New York, in Schuyler County. It can be reached from Peach Orchard Point, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hector NY 14841, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Western New York,

in the Finger Lakes,

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 the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

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least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: General Maxwell's Brigade (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); General Poor's Brigade (approx. ¼ mile away); Saw Mill Creek (approx. 0.3 miles away); Gen. Hand's Light Corps (approx. 0.4 miles away); First Presbyterian Church (approx. 0.4 miles away); Peach Orchard (approx. half a mile away); Early Settler (approx. 0.6 miles away); William Wickham (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hector.

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker.

Also see . . . General James Clinton - Wikipedia. (Submitted on July 10, 2014, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania.)

General Clinton's Brigade Marker - Roadside image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Keith S Smith, July 3, 2014

2. General Clinton's Brigade Marker - Roadside

Credits. This page was last revised on November 4, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 7, 2014, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 873 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 7, 2014, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.