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Brant's Volunteers

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Indian Department in 1780, other members of the group were Loyalist and Indigenous associators (volunteers). They were not paid by the British, and relied upon plunder and foraging for their compensation. Brant often needed to purchase supplies for his volunteers on credit. In 1779, Governor
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company was about 100 men. About 20 were Mohawk allies of the British, and about 80 were Loyalists. Later in the war, Brant was able to attract a larger number of Indigenous warriors to his unit, which grew to over 300 members. The Loyalists were mostly of English, Scottish, and Irish descent
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Lacking uniforms, Brant's Loyalist volunteers frequently dressed and painted themselves as Indigenous warriors. When they wore civilian clothing in battle, Brant had them attach yellow lace to their hats so they could be easily identified as Loyalists.
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authorized clothing, rations, and medical care, but no monetary payments. Since the unit had no official recognition, many Loyalist members later transferred to
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By late 1783, just 15 Loyalists remained with Brant's Volunteers. Many of these later settled with Joseph Brant and the Mohawk on the
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they were not provided uniforms, weapons, provisions, or pay by the British government, and survived by
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The Divided Ground: Indians, Settlers and the Northern Borderland of the American Revolution
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and his Loyalist and indigenous volunteers raided settlements on the frontier of
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Brant began recruiting Mohawk and Loyalist volunteers in 1777 from his base at
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In 1779, Brant's Volunteers defeated the American militia at the
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in October 1778, Brant moved his base of operations to
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Although Brant received a captain's commission in the
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muskets, hunting rifles, tomahawks, scalping knives)
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Captive!: The Story of David Ogden and the Iroquois
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Index


Joseph Brant
New York
American Revolutionary War
associators
auxiliaries
Special operations
guerrilla warfare
light infantry
Brown Bess
American Revolutionary War
Siege of Fort Stanwix
Battle of Oriskany
Battle of Cobleskill
Attack on German Flatts
Cherry Valley Massacre
Battle of Minisink
Battle of Klock's Field
Lochry's Defeat
Joseph Brant
Loyalist
American Revolutionary War
Mohawk
Joseph Brant
New York
Ohio Country
associators
foraging
plundering
Onaquaga

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