HERE THE BATTLE OF ORISKANY WAS FOUGHT ON THE SIXTH DAY OF AUGUST, AD 1777. HERE BRITISH INVASION WAS CHECKED AND THWARTED. HERE GENERAL NICHOLAS HERKIMER, INTREPID LEADER OF THE AMERICAN FORCES THO' MORTALLY WOUNDED KEPT COMMAND OF THE FIGHT, TILL THE EN ...

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40 MILE ROUTE TAKEN BY GEN. HERKIMER AUG 3-6, 1777 FOR THE RELIEF OF FORT STANWIX, THE BATTLEO OF ORISKANY AUG 6, BETWEEN HERKIMER'S MEN AND ST. LEGER WITH HIS INDIANS WAS THE TURNING POINT OF THE REVOLUTION.