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From: "Sally Rolls Pavia" <>
Subject: Butler's Rangers, headquartered at Fort Niagara .. 1777-1784
Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 16:39:49 -0700

The Corps of Rangers commanded by Lieutenant Colonel
John Butler was raised in 1777 and served until the
general reduction of the British Army in North America
in 1784.

The Rangers were headquartered at Fort Niagara, first
living in garrison, and then in barracks on the west
side of the Niagara River.

While the Corps fought as a major unit at Wyoming,
Cherry Valley, Chemung, on Sir John Johnson's and
Major John Ross's raids, most of the expeditions were
mounted by company or company plus sized units. A key
factor in the successes of the Rangers was the close
co-operation of the various Indian nations with which
it served. The Corps fought in what is now New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky and Michigan.
It has been described by military historians as the
most active and successful Provincial Corps in the
Northern Command during the Revolution.

www.iaw.on.ca/~awoolley/brang/brang.html

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