TRR photo by David Hulse A member of the Navasing Rifles, a period re-enactors group, is pictured at July 22 Lackawaxen ceremonies for the Unknown Soldier of the Revolution. More than 100 persons attended afternoon ceremonies at the Scenic Drive gravesite. (Click for larger image)

Tracing the action of 222 years ago

By DAVID HULSE

MINISINK FORD — While a good deal has been written about the 1779 Battle of Minisink, no one has ever attempted to lay out how the fatal clash unfolded between colonial militia, mostly from Orange County, and a party of Mohawk and Tory raiders under Chief Joseph Brant.

Looking at period reports of the battle and combining them with an overview of the battlefield’s geological formations, historian Peter Osborne and Geologist Jon Inners last week revealed their version of the events of that July 22, some 222 years ago.