What the records say
- When
- 24 May 1777
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 41.00° N, 72.29° W
- Description
- military raid by American Continental Army forces
Meigs Raid
Military raid by American Continental Army forces
The Meigs Raid was a military raid by American Continental Army forces, under the command of Connecticut Colonel Return Jonathan Meigs, on a British Loyalist foraging party at Sag Harbor, New York on May 24, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War. Six Loyalists were killed and 90 captured while the Americans suffered no casualties.
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