What is Battle of Minisink?
{{Infobox military conflict | image = MinisinkMonument.jpg | image_size = 150 | caption = Monument in [[Goshen (village), New York|Goshen, New York]] over mass grave of Minisink battle dead | conflict = Battle of Minisink | partof = the [[American Revolutionary War]] | date = July 19–22, 1779 | place = [[Highland, Sullivan County, New York|Highland, Sullivan County]],<br>near [[Minisink Ford, New York]] | result = British (Loyalists and Iroquois) victory | combatant2 = {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain|23px}}<br>[[Iroquois Confederacy]] | combatant1 = {{flag|United States|1777}} | commander2 = [[Joseph Brant]] | commander1 = [[John Hathorn]]{{WIA}}<br>[[Benjamin Tusten]]† | strength2 = 60 Iroquois <br> 27 Tories | strength1 = 120 militia/elements of 4th Orange County regiment | casualties2 = 3 killed<br>10 wounded | casualties1 = 48 killed<br>1 captured | campaignbox = }} '''The Battle of Minisink''' was a battle of the [[American Revolutionary War]]. The [[British Empire|British]] and [[Iroquois|Iroquois Confederacy]] defeated the [[Americans]]. The Americans were not prepared and had little experience. The battle was at [[Minisink Ford, New York]], on July 22, 1779. It was the only major fight in the northern [[Delaware Valley]]. == Related pages == * [[American Revolutionary War]] * [[Mohawk people]] * [[New York (state)]] * [[Iroquois]] [[Category:18th-century battles]]