Historedia
Person

Benjamin Tusten

Events
1
Episodes
3
Years
1779

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Benjamin Tusten, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Battle of Minisink

    1779

    Role: Lieutenant Colonel commanding the local militia

    1. 21 July 1779 · Minisink muster pointMilitia muster at Minisink

      Local militia mustered at Minisink early on July 21, 1779, under Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Tusten, joined by a Sussex County, New Jersey detachment.

    2. 22 July 1779 · Minisink Ford battlefieldAmbush position at Minisink Ford

      On the morning of July 22, the militia positioned on a hill east of the Lackawaxen-Delaware confluence to ambush Brant's forces crossing Minisink Ford.

    3. from 22 July 1779 · Precinct of Goshen and remote battlefieldGoshen dead left unburied for 43 years

      Because the battlefield was too remote, inhabitants of the Precinct of Goshen could not bury their dead for 43 years after the battle.

Sources

  1. Battle of Minisink Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-21