Near Rome Oriskany Road (New York State Route 69) 0.4 miles east of Monument Road.
The out break of the Revolutionary War in 1775 inflamed existing divisions within the Mohawk Valley's European communities and eventually affected individuals as well as tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy of the Six Nations. Forced to choose sides . . . — — Map (db m54406) HM
On Rome Oriskany Road (New York State Route 69) 0.4 miles east of Monument Road, on the left when traveling east. Reported missing.
Down this valley, the Indians, realizing the battle had been turned in favor of the Patriots, began to yell their cry of retreat: "Oonah, oonah!" Vanishing into the valley as quickly as they had appeared, they would carry terror to the settlements . . . — — Map (db m32047) HM
Near Rome-Oriskany Road (New York State Route 69), on the left when traveling east.
After the Revolutionary War, Oriskany Battlefield’s landscape began to change dramatically. As New York’s frontier pushed westward, the impact of constructing new settlements, canals, railroads, and modern highways altered the battlefield’s . . . — — Map (db m75907) HM
Near Rome Oriskany Road (New York State Route 69) 0.4 miles east of Monument Road.
When British General Barry St. Leger received word that the militia was coming, he sent out a formidable attack force comprised predominantly of Mohawk and Seneca warriors working with Sir John Johnson's Kings Royal Regiment, Col. John Butler, and . . . — — Map (db m54421) HM
On Rome Oriskany Road (New York State Route 69) 0.4 miles east of Monument Road, on the left when traveling east.
The militia column, on its way to the relief of Fort Stanwix, marched into this ravine, August 6, 1777, and were ambushed by Loyalists and British. The attackers came out of hiding in woods on the west, the south and the north. — — Map (db m32045) HM
On New York State Route 69 at Oklahoma Avenue, on the right when traveling south on State Route 69.
First Plaque
Anchor
USS Oriskany CVA-34
In Memory Of Those
Who Served Our Nation In
Korea-Vietnam
As Did The Aircraft Carrier
Donated By
Utica Moose Lodge No. 450
Proceeding forward . . . — — Map (db m154302) WM
On Rome Oriskany Road (New York State Route 69) 0.4 miles east of Monument Road, on the left when traveling west. Reported missing.
A three-pronged attack, known as the Campaign of 1777, was launched by the British under the direction of Maj. Gen. John Burgoyne. The strategy was to split New England from the other colonies by gaining control of New York State.
During his . . . — — Map (db m32036) HM
On Rome Oriskany Road (New York State Route 69) 0.4 miles Monument Road, on the left when traveling east. Reported missing.
A three-pronged attack, known as the Campaign of 1777, was launched by the British under the direction of Maj. Gen. John Burgoyne. The strategy was to split New England from the other colonies by gaining control of New York State.
During his . . . — — Map (db m32157) HM
On Rome Oriskany Road (New York State Route 69) 0.4 miles east of Monument Road, on the left when traveling east.
[Tablet on South Side of Monument]
Here the Battle of Oriskany was fought
On the sixth day of August, A.D. 1777
Here British invasion was checked and thwarted
Here General Nicholas Herkimer, intrepid leader
Of the American forces . . . — — Map (db m32119) HM
On Rome Oriskany Road (New York State Route 69) 0.4 miles east of Monument Road, on the left when traveling east. Reported missing.
Gen. Nicholas Herkimer, wounded early in the battle, was carried to a safer spot beneath a beech tree now marked by a stone monument. Although urged by his militiamen to retire from danger, he replied: "I will face the enemy!"
Directing the . . . — — Map (db m32056) HM
Near Rome Oriskany Road (New York State Route 69) 0.4 miles east of Monument Road, on the left when traveling east.
In the Valley homes was great mourning. For such a small population, the losses were almost overwhelming. In some families the male members were wiped out. It was many a long, weary year before the sorrow and suffering caused by the sacrifices at . . . — — Map (db m32034) HM
40 mile route taken by Gen. Herkimer Aug. 3-6, 1777 for the relief of Fort Stanwix. The Battle of Oriskany Aug. 6, between Herkimer's men and St. Leger with his Indians was the turning point of the Revolution.
Near this spot
on the night . . . — — Map (db m65974) HM
On Rome Oriskany Road (New York State Route 69) 0.4 miles east of Monument Road, on the left when traveling east.
40 mile route taken by Gen. Herkimer Aug. 3-6, 1777 for the relief of Fort Stanwix. The Battle of Oriskany Aug. 6, between Herkimer's men and St. Leger with his Indians was the turning point of the Revolution.
Near this spot
Stood the . . . — — Map (db m32062) HM
On Utica Street, on the right when traveling west.
In memory of those who
gave the supreme sacrifice
World War I
William Mayo •
Adelbert Phillips
World War II
Edgar Beeman •
Alvin Bradley•
Charles Gubbins•
George Phillips •
Robert Provost
Korea
Charlie Jones • Joseph . . . — — Map (db m154218) WM
Near Rome Oriskany Road (New York State Route 69) 0.4 miles east of Monument Road.
Since the profound impact of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address first sanctified battlefields as grounds of sacrifice, America's battlefields have become gathering places to commemorate heroic deeds and honor patriotic ideals. Today, battlefields remain . . . — — Map (db m54422) HM
Near Rome Oriskany Road, 0.4 miles east of Monument Road.
On August 3, 1777, when British General Barry St.Leger reached Fort Stanwix, he found it held by colonial forces and began a siege. Soon after, to relieve the fort, about 800 men of the Tryon County Militia, commanded by General Nicholas . . . — — Map (db m54426) HM
On Memorial Drive near State Route 69 (New York State Route 69), on the right when traveling north.
Historic New York
Site of The Battle of Oriskany
August 6, 1777
The Battle of Oriskany was one of the bloodiest engagements of the American Revolution. British and Indians here ambushed the Tryon County militia as they were marching to . . . — — Map (db m22747) HM
On Oklahoma Avenue at Utica Street, on the left when traveling south on Oklahoma Avenue.
Opened 1897 on Oriskany Bluffs with games, rides, band
and dancing. Trolley entered
park from Oklahoma Ave.
Pres. T. Roosevelt visited 1910. — — Map (db m154160) HM
Parched and exhausted from heat and humidity on their march to Fort Stanwix, some of General Herkimer’s men broke ranks and ran to this creek for water. Although Sir John Johnson had told his Indian allies not to attack until all of Herkimer’s men . . . — — Map (db m16106) HM
Near Rome Oriskany Road, 0.4 miles east of Monument Road.
Sir John Johnson and Joseph Brant prepared an ambush along the military road to Fort Stanwix where it passed through this ravine. When most of the militia had entered their trap, the hidden Mohawk and Seneca warriors attacked. Johnson's Royal Greens . . . — — Map (db m54424) HM
On Rome Oriskany Road (New York State Route 69) 0.4 miles east of Monument Road, on the left when traveling east.
Joseph Brant, familiar with the terrain, probably selected the place of ambush ~ where a small stream crossed the military road. The military road of 1777 was about ten rods north of the present highway. — — Map (db m32040) HM
The military road
On August 6, 1777, the Tryon County militia marched down a wilderness road that entered this ravine. A “corduroy” road, made of logs, it was the only means by which General Herkimer and his men could reach Fort . . . — — Map (db m16109) HM
Near Rome-Oriskany Road (New York State Route 69) 0.4 miles east of Monument Road, on the left when traveling east. Reported missing.
On August 6, 1877, the centennial commemorating the Battle of Oriskany was celebrated. Ex-Governor Horatio Seymour was the main speaker. At sunrise, salutes fired from the guns on the battlefield announced a glorious day. Every home in the village . . . — — Map (db m81154) HM
Both sides regrouped during a driving rain. Herkimers's troops concentrated here, forming an irregular circle. The attackers were on all sides. — — Map (db m22893) HM
Near Rome Oriskany Road (New York State Route 69) 0.4 miles east of Monument Road, on the left when traveling east.
(Center/Main Marker)
To The Unknown Patriotic Soldiers of Tryon County
Who Under The Leadership Of
Colonel Ebenezer Cox • Colonel Jacob Klock
Colonel Peter Bellinger • Colonel Frederick Visscher
Followed
— Herkimer — . . . — — Map (db m241579) HM WM
Near Rome Oriskany Road, 0.4 miles east of Monument Road.
Oriskany Battlefield stands at the very heart of the American Revolution in the Mohawk River Valley. As in past conflicts, in 1777 the valley again became a critical military corridor for the movement of men and materials.
The story of the . . . — — Map (db m54434) HM
