General Herkimer 40 Mile March to Oriskany - 2026 DAR Memorial Tour - Marker #13 (Oriskany)

Map Inscription (the same on every marker): 40 MILE ROUTE TAKEN BY GEN. HERKIMER AUG. 3-6 1777 FOR THE RELIEF OF FORT STANWIX. THE BATTLE OF ORISKANY AUG. 6, BETWEEN HERKIMER'S MEN AND ST. LEGER WITH HIS INDIANS WAS THE TURNING POINT OF THE REVOLUTION. Marker #13 Inscription: NEAR THIS SPOT ON THE NIGHT OF AUGUST 5, 1777, GENERAL HERKIMER AT THE HEAD OF HIS COLUMN MADE HIS FINAL CAMP BEFORE THE BATTLE OF ORISKANY. FROM THIS POINT HIS RUNNERS WERE DISPATCHED TO FORT STANWIX. PLACED BY ONEIDA CHAPTER, DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, OF UTICA , JUNE 14, 1912.