No town is safe from terror
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Much of New York during the Revolutionary era was frontier wilderness, sparsely populated and bitterly divided. Although the only major campaign in the region would end at the Battle of Saratoga, factional raiding parties traversed the mountains and valleys of the Adirondacks throughout the war. Sir Christopher Carlton led groups of Loyalists, Hessians and Iroquois in successful attacks along Lake Champlain capturing forts and striking fear in local villages. Mohawk war chief Joseph Brant led a motley band of irregulars known as "Brant's Volunteers" in chaotic raids against Patriot targets. Marauding brothers Edward and Ebenezer Jessup brought suffering to the very lands they had purchased years before in Kingsbury, Queensbury and Fort Edward. Aurthor Marie Danielle Annette Williams covers the history of the Adirondacks during the Revolutionary War.
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Available June 8, 2020 by The History Press.
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