Boyd and Parker ambush
| Boyd and Parker ambush | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Sullivan Expedition | |||||||
Groveland Ambuscade Park commemorating the ambush | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United States |
Great Britain Seneca | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Lieutenant Thomas Boyd † |
Major John Butler Cornplanter Little Beard | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 24 | 400 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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14 killed 3 captured and killed 7 escaped | 1 Seneca killed | ||||||
The Boyd and Parker ambush was a minor military engagement in what is now Groveland, New York, on September 13, 1779, during the American Revolutionary War. A scouting patrol of the Sullivan Expedition was ambushed by Loyalist soldiers, led by Major John Butler, and their Seneca allies, led by Cornplanter and Little Beard.