The Revolutionary War in the Adirondacks: Raids in the Wilderness

By Marie Danielle Annette Williams

Much of New York during the Revolutionary era was frontier wilderness, sparsely populated and bitterly divided. Although the only major campaign in the region would end at the Battle of Saratoga, factional raiding parties traversed the mountains and valleys of the Adirondacks throughout the war. Sir Christopher Carleton led groups of Loyalists, Hessians and Iroquois in successful attacks along Lake Champlain, capturing forts and striking fear in local villages. Mohawk war chief Joseph Brant led a motley band of irregulars known as "Brant's Volunteers" in chaotic raids against Patriot targets. Marauding brothers Edward and Ebenezer Jessup brought suffering to the very lands they had purchased years before in Kingsbury, Queensbury and Fort Edward. Author Marie Danielle Annette Williams covers the history of the Adirondacks during the Revolutionary War.

• Language: English
• Publisher: The History Press
• Release date: Aug 17, 2020
• ISBN: 9781439670231

Marie Danielle Annette Williams

Marie Danielle Annette Williams is an educator and independent historian living in Upstate New York. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in social studies adolescent education from the College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York, in 2014 and her Master of Arts degree in American history from Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, New Hampshire, in 2018. When Marie isn't teaching or writing, she's researching for her blog, The Half-Pint Historian Blog , and podcast, The Half-Pint Historian Podcast .