Battle of Oriskany

August 6, 1777 · New York

Result British victory

Loyalists and Iroquois allies ambushed an American militia column marching to relieve Fort Stanwix. Both sides lost heavily, and the fight split the Iroquois Confederacy.

American

British

Strength and losses

Strength
640–720
Killed
385
Wounded
50
Captured
30