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JJ-BUTT-06
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John Butler was a French and Indian War veteran-turned landowner with a 26,000 acre estate near Caughnawaga in the Mohawk Valley. However, on the outbreak of American Revolutionary War, Butler abandoned these landholdings and fled to Canada in the company of other Loyalist leaders, such as the Iroquois chief, Joseph Brant. During the Saratoga Campaign Lieutenant Colonel Butler distinguished himself at the Battle of Oriskany on August 6, 1777. As a result, he was commissioned a lieutenant colonel and allowed to raise his own British provincial regiment. This military group would come to be known as Butler's Rangers. Similar to other Loyalist regiments that fought for the British Crown during the American Revolution, Butler's Rangers were made up of American Loyalist refugees who had fled to Canada, following the outbreak of the American Revolution.
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| Gender | Men |
| Year | Late 18th Century |
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