So Many Brave Men

On July 22, 1779, the most lethal battle of the American Revolution, in terms of the ratio of participants to numbers killed, took place on a hill above Minisink Ford along the Delaware River north of Port Jervis, New York. The Battle at Minisink Ford, New York was a disaster for the American militia units. More than one third of the militiamen perished. This important work reveals primary sources about the battle that have not been seen in more than one hundred and fifty years. So Many Brave Men, the first major work written on the battle in thirty years, will encourage new interest in the battle, and the men who fought there. Many of the veterans of that catastrophe speak to us about that fateful day from the distance of more than 230 years. They also speak of their dedication to the cause of freedom and liberty.

Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson was born in Livingston Manor, New York, and has had a great interest in the Revolutionary War and the Battle of Minisink in particular. He is a graduate of the State University of New York at Delhi and a veteran of the United States Army, serving at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Since first learning of the battle after his service in the Army, he has made it his life’s work to visit various archives to collect material on the battle and its participants. His material, presented here, is the culmination of nearly twenty years of research. Mark resides in Wake Forest, North Carolina.

Jon Inners
Jon Inners was a geologist with the Pennsylvania Geological Survey for thirty-one years, retiring as chief of the Geologic Mapping Division in 2004. He is currently a Conservation Volunteer at the Survey and an adjunct geologic field-camp instructor at SUNY Oswego. He and his wife Martha reside in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.

Peter Osborne
Peter Osborne was born in Paterson, New Jersey, and was the executive director of the Minisink Valley Historical Society from 1981 to 2009. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and has served on the board of directors of the Orange County Historical Society, the Grey Towers Heritage Association and the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway.
During his directorship he was responsible for the Society’s Fort Decker Museum of History, and the interpretation of its long and eventful history which included its destruction during the Brant raid into the Minisink in 1779. He has also been a participant for many years at the annual commemoration of the battle at the Minisink Battleground Park at Minisink Ford, New York.

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