Revolutionary Imprints
Norman Desmarais, Revolutionary War author and historian
Day in History
November 1,
1775
Jamestown, Virginia. 2 British tenders fire on town.
Jamestown/Conanicut Island, Rhode Island.
1776
Setauket, New York.
near Liberty Pole (Englewood), New Jersey. British cannonade the Americans.
Cape Lookout, Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina.
HM frigate Milford recaptures the Venus.
HM Frigate Orpheus recaptures the brig Britannia.
The British brig Aurora is seized.
1778
Bergen area, New Jersey. An American party kills a British guard and takes 2 prisoners and 20 horses at Bergen Point.
1780
The privateer Antelope captures the Spanish ship N.S. Strangelo de St. Severino.
1781
Gowen's Fort, South Carolina.
Vrooman's (Schoharie Valley), New York.
The Connecticut privateer Young Cromwell takes a Loyalist letter of marque schooner.
The Connecticut armed sloop True Blue captures the schooner Willing Lass.
1782
Kettle Creek, Georgia.
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