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Battle at Pultneyville ends as British retreat after cannonade
The article recounts the fourth installment of battles at Sodus Point and Pultneyville in 1814. British forces, landing near six miles west, engage American militia led by Gen. Swift in Whipple’s Tavern and surrounding areas. Casualties: British two dead two wounded. Americans slight injuries. Prisoners Richard White and Prescott Fairbanks taken to Halifax then released. British vessels depart after heavy bombardment. cannon balls found later on farms. Capt. Fuller and Captain Church are cited as rescued from capture but later returned home.
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Sodus Point
Pultneyville
General Swift
Sodus
Richard White
Whipple’s Tavern
Prescott Fairbanks
Samuel Ledyard
Halifax
Thomas Fuller
Alvah Fuller
King George
Church
U.S
Whipple
Fuller
Canada
Lewiston
Yeo
Big Sodus
John Swift