Boyd and Parker ambush
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The Boyd and Parker ambush was a minor military engagement in what is now Groveland, New York on September 13, 1779, during the American Revolutionary War. A scouting patrol of the Sullivan Expedition was ambushed by Loyalist soldiers led by Major John Butler and their Seneca allies led by Cornplanter and Little Beard.
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Boyd and Parker ambush | |||||||
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Part of the American Revolutionary War | |||||||
Groveland Ambuscade Park commemorating the ambush | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States |
Great Britain Seneca | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Lieutenant Thomas Boyd † |
Major John Butler Cornplanter Little Beard | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
24 | 400 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
14 killed 3 captured and killed 7 escaped | 1 Seneca killed |
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