With Musket and Tomahawk, Volume II: The Mohawk Valley Campaign in the Wilderness War of 1777

by Michael O. Logusz

Overview

"Using colorful storytelling techniques, Logusz captures the personalities of those individuals who played a pivotal role in the outcome of the Mohawk Valley Campaign...breathes dramatic life into a depiction of the long standing alliances and rivalries that fueled Patriot and Loyalist causes in the region, while describing how neighbors, families, friends and foes were caught up in Burgoyne's doomed play."—Toy Soldier and Model Figure

"Logusz does an excellent job outlining the Battle of Oriskany, where an initial Patriot relief force coming to the aid of Fort Stanwix was ambushed and almost wiped out...fascinating, well documented, and occasionally thought provoking.”—The Journal of America’s Military Past

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781612002255
Publisher:	Casemate Publishers
Publication date:	03/19/2014
Pages:	264
Sales rank:	1,069,947
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Michael O. Logusz has served in both the Regular and Reserve branches of the U.S. Army, most recently during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2007–08. He holds a B.A. from Oswego State College and an M.A. in Russian Studies from Hunter College in New York. The author of numerous articles and a previous book on WWII, Lt. Colonel Logusz has personally examined the ground of each battle he describes. He currently lives in Florida.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 7

Introduction 13

1 St. Leger's Preparations in Canada 19

2 General Herkimer Meets with Chief Joseph Brant 25

3 St. Leger Moves Into the Western Wilderness 31

4 The Patriots Advance Into the Western Theater 47

5 St. Leger Assembles His Army 55

6 General Herkimer's Preparations for War 71

7 St. Leger's Advance to Fort Stanwix 81

8 The Siege Begins 105

9 General Herkimer's March to Fort Stanwix 117

10 The Battle of Oriskany 125

11 The Patriots Raid St. Leger's Camp 151

12 Retreat from Oriskany 157

13 The Siege Continues 167

14 General Herkimer Returns to the Mohawk Valley 173

15 Continuing Actions at Fort Stanwix 177

16 Loyalist Raids and Probes into the Mohawk Valley 185

17 Cushetunk's Resistance 191

18 The Battle for the Schoharie Valley 195

19 Patriot Plans to Relieve Fort Stanwix 213

20 The British Abandon the Siege 219

21 The End of St. Leger's Army 227

Bibliography 241

Index 257

Editorial Reviews

"Logusz does an excellent job outlining the Battle of Oriskany, where an initial Patriot relief force coming to the aid of Fort Stanwix was ambushed and almost wiped out. . . . fascinating, well documented, and occasionally thought provoking.

The Journal of America’s Military Past

Using colorful storytelling techniques, Logusz captures the personalities of those individuals who played a pivotal role in the outcome of the Mohawk Valley Campaign…breathes dramatic life into a depiction of the long standing alliances and rivalries that fueled Patriot and Loyalist causes in the region, while describing how neighbors, families, friends and foes were caught up in Burgoyne’s doomed play.

Toy Solder & Model Figure

"This is the second volume of Michael O. Loguszs epic work on the Wilderness War of 1777, inwhich the British Army, with its German, Loyalist, and Indian auxiliaries, attempted to descendfrom Canada to sever the nascent American colonies, only to be met by Patriot formationscontesting the invasion of their newly declared nation.In his first volume, on the Saratoga campaign, the author described how Burgoynes main thrust was first stalled and then obliterated during its advance down the Hudson River"

Books Monthly

"Logusz does an excellent job outlining the Battle of Oriskany, where an initial Patriot relief force coming to the aid of Fort Stanwix was ambushed and almost wiped out. . . . fascinating, well documented, and occasionally thought provoking.

The Journal of America’s Military Past

"This is the second volume of Michael O. Loguszs epic work on the Wilderness War of 1777, inwhich the British Army, with its German, Loyalist, and Indian auxiliaries, attempted to descendfrom Canada to sever the nascent American colonies, only to be met by Patriot formationscontesting the invasion of their newly declared nation.In his first volume, on the Saratoga campaign, the author described how Burgoynes main thrust was first stalled and then obliterated during its advance down the Hudson River"

Books Monthly UK

Using colorful storytelling techniques, Logusz captures the personalities of those individuals who played a pivotal role in the outcome of the Mohawk Valley Campaign…breathes dramatic life into a depiction of the long standing alliances and rivalries that fueled Patriot and Loyalist causes in the region, while describing how neighbors, families, friends and foes were caught up in Burgoyne’s doomed play.

Toy Soldier and Model Figure