Joseph Brant
- Events
- 2
- Episodes
- 6
- Years
- 1778–1779
Every event in Historedia whose sources name Joseph Brant, 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
Cherry Valley Massacre
1778–1779Role: Mohawk leader allied with the British who planned and joined the attack
- Seneca Motivation and Refusal of Quarter
A Mohawk chief justified the massacre by citing American burning of Native houses, and Senecas declared they would refuse quarter in future fights.
- Attack on Cherry Valley
British, Loyalist, and Haudenosaunee forces assaulted the fort and village of Cherry Valley on November 11, 1778, killing over 40 people.
- Calls for Reprisal and the Sullivan Expedition
The massacre, alongside accusations of murder at Wyoming, prompted Washington to commission the 1779 Sullivan Expedition against the Haudenosaunee.
- Seneca Motivation and Refusal of Quarter
Battle of Minisink
1779Role: Mohawk war leader commanding Loyalist and Indigenous volunteers
- Militia 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.
- Ambush 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.
- Goshen 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.
- Militia muster at Minisink
Sources
- Cherry Valley massacre Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-26
- Battle of Minisink Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-21