Revolutionary Imprints
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Norman Desmarais, Revolutionary War author and historian
Day in History
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September 1,
1775
Captain McGibbon's sloop is captured.
Roxbury, Massachusetts. British fire on American.
1776
Governor's Island, New York.
Rhode Island privateer sloop Revenge captures brig or brigantine Ann (or Anne).
A snow laden with rum and sugars is captured.
Massachusetts privateer schooner Warren captures the brig Swallow.
Rhode Island privateer sloop Sally captures brig or brigantine Agnes.
Massachusetts privateer sloop Rover captures the brig Mary and James and 6 other prizes.
1777
Wheeling, West Virginia.
near Wilmington, Delaware. Maj. William Darke leads an assault on an enemy picket.
Staten Island, New York.
Massachusetts brig Massachusetts takes Richard Jones's letter of marque ship.
1779
Bonhomme Richard and Vengeance capture a British letter of marque.
Whig cruisers capture the Union and another vessel.
1780
Black Point, New Jersey. A Refugee party unsuccessfully attempts to capture Capt. Joshua Huddy.
The Pennsylvania privateers General Greene Holker and Fair American capture the sloop Delight and the ship Lady Margaret.
The Whig privateer Rhodes captures the British ship Lyon.
1781
Pompton, New Jersey. British take Constant Cooper, an express rider, and carry him to New York.
Cobleskill, New York.
Wilkes County, Georgia.
The HM Frigate Assurance and the Chatham capture the French frigate Magicienne.
1782
Fort Delancy, New Jersey. Loyalists evacuate and burn Fort Delancy.
Cranbury Inlet, New Jersey. Gloucester County militiamen attack a Refugee boat in Egg harbor. 14 Refugees are shot or drown.
Cranbury Inlet, New Jersey.
Port Royal Ferry, South Carolina.
Colonel Despard retakes the Black River settlement.
The British sloop-of-war Jamaica takes a polacre with 130 Spanish troops.
The brig Jamaica captures a polacre.
The British sloop-of-war Jamaica takes a polacre with 130 Spanish troops.
Colonel Despard retakes the Black River settlement.
New Jersey militiamen attack a Loyalist boat.
Continental soldiers capture the British galley Balfour.
Recent Articles
A Frog Feast. Journal of the American Revolution. August 22, 2023.
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The French Depart Newport. Online Journal of Rhode Island History. March 17, 2023.
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French Military Hospitals in Rhode Journal of the American Revolution. April 18, 2022.
A French Duel in Newport Online Journal of Rhode Island History. February 19, 2022.
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The Blessing of the Flags. Journal of the American Revolution. January 12, 2022.
The French Newspaper in Newport Online Journal of Rhode Island History. December 3, 2021.
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Why Newport Scorned the French in 1780. Online Journal of Rhode Island History. January 1, 2021.
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