Massacre

Sugarloaf Massacre

11 sept. 1780 · 41.01° N, 75.99° W

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Quand
11 sept. 1780
Type
Massacre
Morts
17
Coordonnées
41.01° N, 75.99° W
Description
massacre during the American Revolutionary War

Sugarloaf massacre

1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War

The Sugarloaf massacre was a skirmish which occurred on September 11, 1780, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania when a number of Natives and a handful of Loyalists attacked a small detachment of militia from Northampton County. According to pension files and witness depositions, the militia detachment was led by Lieutenants John Moyer and John Fish of Captain Johannes Van Etten's company of volunteers.

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