Sugarloaf massacre

Sugarloaf massacre
	Part of the American Revolutionary War
Date	September 11, 1780
Location	Little Nescopeck Creek in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Belligerents
Natives; Loyalists	Northampton County volunteer militia
Commanders and leaders
Unknown, possibly Roland Montour	Lieutenant John Fish, Lieutenant John Moyer
Strength
Unknown, at least 30	41 men
Casualties and losses
Unknown	At least 10 dead; 2 captured; Unknown number wounded

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.^[2] 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.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Thomas Verenna (July 6, 2015), Murder Along the Creek: Taking a Closer Look at the Sugarloaf Massacre, (Journal of the American Revolution), retrieved July 6, 2015
^ Kent Jackson (June 24, 2015), "Author presents evidence of inconsistencies on Sugarloaf Massacre marker, monument", The Hazleton Standard-Speaker, retrieved July 6, 2015

[Murder_Along_the_Creek-1] Thomas Verenna (July 6, 2015), Murder Along the Creek: Taking a Closer Look at the Sugarloaf Massacre, (Journal of the American Revolution), retrieved July 6, 2015

[Hazleton_Standard_Speaker-2] Kent Jackson (June 24, 2015), "Author presents evidence of inconsistencies on Sugarloaf Massacre marker, monument", The Hazleton Standard-Speaker, retrieved July 6, 2015

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