Revolutionary Imprints
Norman Desmarais, Revolutionary War author and historian
Day in History
March 28,
1776
British Sloop Plymouth is captured.
Cape Fear River, North Carolina.
Lewes, Delaware. Troops attack boat’s crew from HMS Roebuck.
1777
Strawberry Hill, Woodbridge, New Jersey. Skirmish between British and Americans.
1778
Hoebuck, New Jersey.
The letter of marque ship Friendship engages a British schooner.
HM Frigate Niger captures the sloop Washington.
1779
Fort Laurens, Ohio.
Closter, New Jersey. A militia detachment skirmishes with a Loyalist company.
Little Ferry, New Jersey. Local militiamen drive off a foraging party.
Winyah Bay, South Carolina.
A Whig privateer brigantine captures Captain Cummins's Mary and an unknown sloop.
The privateer snow Vengeance drives the brig Peace & Harmony ashore.
1780
Sunbury, Georgia.
The Romney captures a Spanish frigate.
1781
Sampit Bridge, South Carolina.
The Whig privateer schooner Eagle captures the pilot boat Harlequin.
The HMS Medea chases the Harlequin and another pilot boat ashore.
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