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THICK SWAMP

Program
Patriot Burials®
Location
621 Lowman Rd, Lowman, NY 14861, USA
Lat/Long
42.028475, -76.715791
Grant Recipient
Public Archaeology Facility (Research Foundation for Binghamton University)
Historic Marker

THICK SWAMP

Inscription

THICK SWAMP
CONTINENTAL SOLDIERS WERE
DELAYED CROSSING NEARBY
SWAMP IN ATTEMPT TO SURROUND
BRITISH FORCES AT BATTLE OF
NEWTOWN ON AUGUST 29, 1779.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2019

During the American Revolution, Loyalists and Native American tribes allied with the British were wreaking havoc across New York State. In 1779, Major General John Sullivan was tasked by General George Washington to rendezvous with General James Clinton and his forces to unleash a campaign of destruction against the hostile Native American tribes of New York. After weeks of marching, fighting and destroying Native American villages and food stores, the opposing sides met on the battlefield on August 29, 1779. In the midst of this battle the Continental forces attempted to surround and encircle the British troops and their Native American allies, but were slowed down by a large, impassible swamp. The swamp allowed the British and their Native American allies to escape to safety.