The Battle of Spencer's Ordinary was an inconclusive skirmish that took place on 26 June 1781, late in the American Revolutionary War. British forces under...
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Hessian (soldier) (category Hessian military personnel of the American Revolutionary War)
served with distinction in many battles, most notably at White Plains and Fort Washington. The added manpower and skill of German troops greatly sustained...
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Concord: The Battle heard round the world (1st ed.). New York: W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-24574-5. Chidsey, Donald Barr (1966). The siege of Boston;...
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Pennsylvania and lead the Continental Army at the Battle of Spencer's Ordinary. At the conclusion of the Battle of Yorktown in October 1781, General George Washington...
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John Graves Simcoe (category Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for St Mawes)
at night and with bayonets. On 28 June of that year, Simcoe and his Queen's Rangers took part in the Battle of Monmouth, in and near Freehold, New Jersey...
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1781 in the United States (redirect from 1781 in the United States of America)
legislature of approaching British cavalry led by Banastre Tarleton who have been sent to capture them June 26 – American Revolution – Battle of Spencer's Ordinary...
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was wounded at the Battle of Spencer's Ordinary in Virginia in 1781 and was commissioned cornet in late 1782. At the cessation of the American Revolutionary...
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of Augusta (May 22 – June 6) Siege of Ninety-Six (May 22 – June 19) Raid of Point of Fork (June 5) Battle of Spencer's Ordinary (June 26) Battle of Green...
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Johann Ewald (category Recipients of the Legion of Honour)
American Revolutionary War. He arrived with his troops, first serving in the Battle of White Plains in October 1776. He saw regular action until his capture...
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Virginia in the American Revolution (category History of Virginia)
militia won the 30-minute battle. Dunmore responded by bombarding Norfolk with his ships on January 1, 1776. After the Battle of Great Bridge, little military...
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of Tobago 24 May-2 June – French capture Tobago from Great Britain Action of 30 May 1781 – British victory over the Netherlands Battle of Spencer's Ordinary...
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Virginia Association (category Documents of the American Revolution)
The Virginia Association was a series of non-importation agreements adopted by Virginians in 1769 as a way of speeding economic recovery and opposing...
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Russell Crowe (redirect from The Ordinary Fear of God)
Alan Doyle of the Canadian band Great Big Sea, and with it a new band emerged, the Ordinary Fear of God, which also involved some members of the previous...
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The Battle of Mu'tah (Arabic: مَعْرَكَة مُؤْتَة, romanized: Maʿrakat Muʿtah, or Arabic: غَزْوَة مُؤْتَة Ghazwat Muʿtah) took place in September 629 (1...
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The Battle of Elizabethtown occurred on August 27, 1781 in Elizabethtown, North Carolina in Bladen County, North Carolina. The battle was fought between...
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The Battle of Summerfield was a skirmish, in the area that today is Summerfield, North Carolina in present-day northern Guilford County, between Patriot...
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drew about 2,500 protestors, vastly outnumbering Spencer's supporters. The speech, which was Spencer's first public appearance after the Charlottesville...
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The Battle of Portevent’s Mill was fought between Patriot militia and Loyalist militia near present day Garland, North Carolina in Sampson County, on...
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The Battle of Cowan's Ford took place in the Southern Theater of Cornwallis's 1780–1782 Campaign during the American Revolutionary War. It was fought on...
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The Battle of Waxhaws (also known as the Waxhaws Massacre and Buford's Massacre) was a military engagement which took place on May 29, 1780 during the...
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The Battle of Cowpens was a military engagement during the American Revolutionary War fought on January 17, 1781, near the town of Cowpens, South Carolina...
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The Battle of Wambaw was an engagement of the American Revolutionary War fought on February 24, 1782 near Charleston, South Carolina. In January 1782...
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The Battle of Camden (August 16, 1780), also known as the Battle of Camden Court House, was a major victory for the British in the Southern theater of the...
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The Battle of Eutaw Springs was a battle of the American Revolutionary War, and was the last major engagement of the war in the Carolinas. Both sides claimed...
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obtaining the surrender of the remaining forces following the Battle of Baton Rouge. He followed up these successes with the capture of Mobile on March 14...
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The Battle of Charlotte was an American Revolutionary War battle fought in Charlotte, North Carolina on September 26, 1780. The battle took place at the...
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The Battle of Huế (31 January 1968 – 2 March 1968), was a major battle in the Tết Offensive launched by North Vietnam and the Việt Cộng during the Vietnam...
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The Battle of the Combahee River took place during the American Revolutionary War on August 27, 1782, near Beaufort, South Carolina, one of many such...
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The Battle of Guilford Court House was on March 15, 1781, during the American Revolutionary War, at a site that is now in Greensboro, the seat of Guilford...
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The Battle of McIntyre Farm took place on October 3, 1780 between Patriot militia under Captain James Thompson and a combined force of British regulars...
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