Last Raids of the American Revolution: Vermont Burns
Mohawk and British forces raided Royalton and Tunbridge, Vermont, killing four settlers and taking 26 captive. It was October, late in the year for a raid. The war was nearly over. Cornwallis would surrender at Yorktown the next day, though nobody in Vermont knew it yet. The captives were marched to Canada. Most were ransomed back within a year. It was the last major raid of the Revolution, fought after the outcome was already decided.
October 16, 1780
246 years ago
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