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American Revolutionary War: British forces and their Iroquois allies attacked a fort and the village of Cherry Valley, New York, killing 14 soldiers and 30 civilians.
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1775–1783 American war of independence from Great Britain
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Cherry Valley massacre
1778 American Revolutionary War attack
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Cherry Valley is a village in Otsego County, New York, United States. The population was 520 at the 2010 census. The village is in the town of Cherry Valley, approximately 13 miles northeast of Cooperstown and eight miles east of the northern end of Otsego Lake.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)