Battle of Minisink

Battle of Minisink
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Monument in Goshen, New York over mass grave of Minisink battle dead
Date July 22, 1779 Location Highland, Sullivan County, near Minisink Ford, New York Result British (Loyalists and Iroquois) victory
Belligerents
United States	Great Britain Iroquois Confederacy
Commanders and leaders
John Hathorn Benjamin Tusten †	Joseph Brant
Strength
120 militia	60 Iroquois 27 Loyalists
Casualties and losses
46 killed 1 captured	3 killed 10 wounded

The Battle of Minisink took place during the American Revolutionary War at Minisink Ford, New York, on July 22, 1779. It was the only major skirmish of the Revolutionary War fought in the upper Delaware River valley. The battle was a decisive Iroquois and Loyalist victory, as the Patriot militia was hastily assembled, ill-equipped and inexperienced.