Saturday, August 08, 2009

This Day in History: August 8

Following the action at Oriskany, New York, the situation settled into a steady siege at Fort Stanwix. On August 8, 1777, the garrison commander Colonel Peter Gansevoort agreed to a three-day armistice. [More]
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