Archibald Andrew Lochry, 1733-1781

Entity Type:
Individual
Identifier:
ENT.000003939
Date Range:
1733 - 1781
Biography:
Colonel Archibald Andrew Lochry (15 April 1733—24 August 1781) was a colonial American military officer whose command ended in disaster when he and nearly every member of his force were killed or captured by Mohawk forces led by George Girty, the brother of Simon Girty, and Chief Joseph Brant. This skirmish is famously known in early American history as Lochry's Defeat.