raid raid series military operations continental_army forces new_york militia towns upstate new_york early october men command lieutenant colonel 4th pennsylvania regiment descended towns abandoned advance destroyed buildings taking destroying provisions raid executed retaliation series raids frontier communities led chief british supported loyalists spring summer located located town windsor county background failure british general campaign hudson october american revolutionary war upstate new_york frontier war british leaders supported loyalist native american partisan fighters supplies armaments winter leader british allied indians developed plans attack frontier settlements new_york pennsylvania february established base operations present day windsor new_york recruited mix loyalists estimated number time began campaign objectives acquire provisions forces planning operations valley began campaign late raid raided frontier communities summer frontier settlers response raids generally local militia supported continental_army regiments stationed area forces generally muster time catch raiders disappeared new_york governor militia commander considered operations principal bases territory raiders early campaign attack settlement german present day september expedition organized response calls governor clinton general george_washington authorized use continental_army forces assigning operation lieutenant colonel relation loyalist 4th pennsylvania regiment september butler sent scouts investigate conditions towns returned reports population expedition october butler led force men state militia valley villages late day october force reached area butler sent scouting parties prisoners outlying farms force advanced town scouts returned prisoner reported community abandoned inhabitants fleeing butler detached men destroy town marched rest reached town late october found abandoned apparently great butler men spent days destroying towns butler described finest indian town saw sides river good houses square logs chimneys good floors glass windows homes burned town saw mill area butler reported taking horses head cattle destroyed grain operations complicated heavy rains raised water levels butler men build cross river tributaries reach parts town october expedition returned aftermath raid taking place force raiding frontier settlements upper valley indians force especially upset destruction towns sentiment echoed warriors joined ruins days later anger contributed severity actions joint british force attacked reported massacre severity frontier war led calls response general washington organized major continental_army expedition lands led generals sullivan expedition destroyed villages crops driving british supporting lands despite apparent success frontier war continued renewed following years
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