Sugarloaf massacre | |||||
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Part of the American Revolutionary War | |||||
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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 | ||||
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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]