Battle of Oriskany, state of New York / Chapin ; Damoreau.

Print shows scene during the battle at Oriskany, N.Y., with American patriots combating the combined forces of the British, Loyalists, and Natives. General Nicholas Herkimer, commander of the American forces, is shown (on the left) giving orders from his saddle which is on the ground after his horse was shot from beneath him.

Illus. in: Ballou's pictorial, v. 12, no. 18 (1857 May 2), p. 280.