Frontier Panic and Aftermath
- When
- August–October 1778
- Where
- Wyoming Valley and frontiers of New York and Pennsylvania
- Part of
- Wyoming Massacre
Fleeing settlers spread harrowing accounts of the defeat, causing panic across New York and Pennsylvania frontiers; remains were recovered in October 1778.
In the aftermath of the battle, settlers who had fled the Wyoming Valley spread harrowing stories and rumors about the American defeat, contributing to a general panic across the frontiers of New York and Pennsylvania. In early August 1778, Lieutenant Colonel Butler returned to the Wyoming Valley with the Westmoreland Independent Company and a company of militia; afterwards the Independent Company and a company of Hartley's Regiment garrisoned the rebuilt Fort Wyoming (Wilkes-Barre). In October 1778, a burial party recovered the scattered remains of the fallen.
Sources
- Battle of Wyoming Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-14
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