Battle of Big Sandy Creek

Battle of Big Sandy Creek
Part of the War of 1812

Battle of Big Sandy Creek[1]
DateMay 29–30, 1814
Location
Ellisburg, New York
Result American victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom United Kingdom  United States
Commanders and leaders
Stephen Popham Surrendered Melancthon T. Woosley
Daniel Appling
Strength
153 marines and sailors 150 riflemen
125 Indians
Casualties and losses
13 killed
140 captured (30 of whom were wounded)[2]
2 wounded[3]

The Battle of Big Sandy Creek was fought in northwestern New York on May 29–30, 1814, during the War of 1812. American troops and Oneida Indians launched an attempted surprise attack on British troops and sailors, who were pursuing them inland from Lake Ontario.

With the loss of a boat, and its subsequent discovery by British forces, the Americans lost the element of surprise prior to the battle. Nevertheless, the strategy was still implemented successfully, forcing the entire British force to surrender and ending their advance.

  1. ^ Lossing, Benson (1868). The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812. Harper & Brothers, Publishers. p. 799.
  2. ^ Fay, pp. 191–192
  3. ^ Quimby, p. 511