Based on the casualties and results of the battle, the British forces claimed a tactical victory while the long-term result was a strategic victory for the United States.ġ777– An article was incorporated in the New York State Constitution declaring invalid all purchases of territory from the Natives since Octoand forbidding cession in the future without permission from the State. Considered a significant part of the Saratoga campaign, the battle included United States, British, and Loyalist troops as well as Indian fighters from the Oneida, Iroquois Confederacy, Huron and Nipissing tribes and nations. The battle, fought in the current state of New York, resulted in the deaths of approximately 50 percent of the American forces and 15 percent of the British forces. Aug– The Battle of Oriskany during the American Revolution was one of the bloodiest battles of the war.
