The Battle of Normanskill and the Battle of the Flockey - Keeping the Loyalists of Old Albany County Off Balance During Burgoyne's Invasion

It was the summer of 1777 and the British were coming from three directions, hungry to subdue Albany. The Loyalists of Old Albany County were rising up to clear the way for the Redcoats. Learn how Patriots reacted to these threats, brought civil war to the county, and accomplished a first for the United States Army.

Mark Stolzenburg has a BS degree from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and an MS from Cornell University. Mark serves as 2nd Vice President of the Schoharie County Historical Society at the Old Stone Fort Museum and as Historian of the Schoharie- Leatherstocking Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. He writes for the Schoharie County Historical Review and his Revolutionary War research has focused on Hessian deserters and prisoners as immigrants and Loyalism in upstate NY.