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Revolutionary Imprints. Norman Desmarais, Revolutionary War author and historian

Revolutionary Imprints

Norman Desmarais, Revolutionary War author and historian

  

Day in History

November 15,

1776

The Malaga captures a Whig privateer

Continental Navy ship Alfred and Continental Navy sloop Providence capture the snow Hetty.

 

1777

Mantua Creek, New Jersey. Second battery near the mouth of Mantua Creek opens up on British ships in the river.

 

1778

Currituck Inlet, North Carolina.

Continental frigate Raleigh is captured.

 

1779

Oyster Bay, New York.

Two small privateers take a brig and four wood vessels.

The brig runs on a reef and is retaken by the Crown forces.

 

1780

White's Bridge, South Carolina.

Cow Bay, New York.

 

1781

The Brick House, Wilmington, North Carolina.

 

1782

Captain Truxon's ship Commerce engages a British brig and a schooner.

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