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John Butler.
Loyalist who led an irregular militia unit known as Butler's Rangers on the northern frontier in the American Revolutionary War
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About John Butler
Lieutenant-Colonel John Butler was a British Indian Department officer, landowner and merchant. During the American Revolutionary War, he was a prominent Loyalist who commanded Butler's Rangers. Born in New London, Connecticut, he moved to New York with his family, where he learned several Iroquoian languages and worked as an interpreter in the fur trade. He was well-prepared to work with the Mohawk and other Iroquois nations who became allies of the British during the rebellion.
Everything about John Butler →- Occupation
- diplomat
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- 1728
- Died
- May 13, 1796