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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