Attack on German Flatts
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Attack on German Flatts may refer to one of two raids on the settlement of German Flatts, New York that is now called Herkimer
owing to an 18th century surveying error (and is not to be confused with present-day German Flatts, which was then called Herkimer):
Herkimer (village), New York
Herkimer is a village in Herkimer County, New York, United States, about southeast of Utica. As of the 2000 census, it had a population of 7,498 people. The village is named after the Herkimers, Palatine German immigrants who settled in this area in 1723...
owing to an 18th century surveying error (and is not to be confused with present-day German Flatts, which was then called Herkimer):
- Attack on German Flatts (1757)Attack on German Flatts (1757)On November 12, 1757 during the French and Indian War, a company of French and Indian warriors staged an attack on German Flatts, on the north side of the Mohawk River in the British Province of New York. The settlement of Palatine German refugees and their families was destroyed, and many of the...
was a raid by French and Indians during the Seven Years' War - Attack on German Flatts (1778)Attack on German Flatts (1778)On September 17, 1778, during the American Revolutionary War, a force of Loyalists and Iroquois made an attack on German Flatts, New York .-Prelude:...
was a raid by Indians and Loyalists during the American Revolutionary War