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Battle of Great Bridge
Battle of Great Bridge
Troops Used
-Battle between the Virginia Committee of Safety and the Province of Virginia
Battle Participants
-Used militias and infantry
Virginia Committee of Safety
Patriot Militia
-861 infantry and militia
Colonial Army
Leader
William Woodford
Province of Virginia
British Army
Loyalist Militia
-409 infantry, militia, sailors, and grenadiers
British Army
-2 artillery pieces
Leaders
Samuel Leslie
Charles Fordyce
Tensions between Loyalists and Patriots Rise
Before the Battle
April 1775 militia gather in Virginia, arming themselves and fight with loyalists
June 1775 Dunmore sends his family away and requests British backup from the navy
Capture of a British Ship
Dunmore's request is sent and a British ship comes up the coast to stop patriots
Hampton Rebels
Patriots capture the small British ship for their own use
Dunmore's Proclamation
Dunmore's Reaction
- Declared the colony of Virginia to be under martial law
- Allowed colonial captives to be released if they joined the British army
- Formed the Ethiopian Regiment
Great Bridge, VA
Location
-British ordered to hold bridge in Great Bridge, VA
-Dunmore wanted to hold Norfolk
British Camp
British Camp
-Woodford in retaliation marched and camped on the opposite side
Colonial Camp
Colonial Camp
British hold position instead of advancing
Battle
- Believed Woodford only had 400 troops
- Saw Patriot camp gained artillery pieces
- Artillery was actually inoperatble
British Plan
Stayed behind artillery expecting it to hold off the patriot malitia
Colonial Plan
Called for backup from other malitias
Flank
60 militia gathered behind the British camp and opened fire
Front Distraction
Colonial troops waited patiently for flank fire
Casualties
Aftermath
British suffered 62 deaths and 102 casualties excluding malita
Virginia malitia had no deaths and a single casualty of one man with a hurt thumb
Washington orders Dunmore be hunted down
Dunmore flees
Dunmore flees in British ships
Dunmore returns to Norfolk with a raiding party
Burning of Norfolk
Norfolk was burned for the captured British ship
Sources
“Colonial Militia: American Independence, American Revolutionary War, Independence War.” Pinterest, https://www.pinterest.com/pin/469218854900607332/.
“Battle of Great Bridge.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 18 Dec. 2019, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Great_Bridge.
Work Cited
“British Grenadier, 55th Regiment of Foot, C.1777: American Revolutionary War, American Civil War, American War.” Pinterest, https://www.pinterest.com/pin/831617887416567894/.