Legacy
Blacksnake, one of the Indians at the battle, was interviewed many years afterwards. He recalled, "I thought at that time the Blood Shed a Stream running down on the decending ground." A monument commemorating the battle was erected in 1884 at 43°10.6'N 75°22.2'W, and much of the battlefield is now preserved in the Oriskany Battlefield State Historic Site. The site was recognized as a National Historic Landmark in 1962, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.
Nicholas Herkimer was honored when the town of Herkimer and Herkimer County, New York were named for him.
American Revolutionary War activities in the Mohawk Valley, including the Battle of Oriskany, were memorialized by Walter D. Edmonds in his 1937 novel, Drums Along the Mohawk. The battle was also remembered with the naming of the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany, launched in 1945.
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