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Brigadier General Nicholas Herkimer (also known as Nikolaus Herchheimer; c. 1728 – August 16, 1777) was an American Palatine military officer who fought during the Revolutionary War. He died of wounds after the Battle of Oriskany .
Nicholas Herkimer was an American general during the American Revolution who led American militiamen in the Battle of Oriskany (August 6, 1777). Herkimer grew up in New York’s Mohawk Valley, which during the Revolution was sharply divided between patriots and loyalists and was subject to ferocious.
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The eldest son of German immigrants Johann Jost Herchheimer and Catherine Petrie, Nicholas Herkimer was born in the Mohawk Valley of New York. He was said to have known German, English, and tidbits of the Iroquois languages.
Learn about Nicholas Herkimer, a Palatine German who became a leader of the Tryon County Militia during the American Revolution. He fought in the Battle of Oriskany and died of his wounds in 1777.
Nicholas Herkimer belonged to the third generation of German Palatines who had immigrated to the New York Colony. Initially, the Palatines were offered a very raw deal, being forced into virtual servitude on patroon estates along the Hudson.
Nicholas Herkimer is perhaps best known today for his leadership during, and death following, the Battle of Oriskany. Yet his roles on the Committee of Safety and in the Tryon County Militia tell just part of the story of the Herkimer family's prominence in the Mohawk Valley. The Herkimers profited by taking advantage of natural resources ...
Learn about the Battle of Oriskany, where American forces under Nicholas Herkimer fought against British and Native American allies in 1777. Explore the context, facts, aftermath and resources of this inconclusive conflict in the Saratoga Campaign.
