Revolutionary Imprints
Norman Desmarais, Revolutionary War author and historian
Day in History
April 14,
1776
Staten Island, New York.
Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina.
Lilly captures merchant schooner Polly.
1777
Bonhamtown, New Jersey. Gen. Adam Stephen attacks the pickets near Bonhamtown.
Saddle River, New Jersey.
HM Frigate Daphne captures the Black Rover.
HM Frigate Brune captures the Winyaw.
The HM Frigate Mermaid drives a privateer schooner ashore.
HM Frigate Emerald captures the brig Ann.
1778
Grogtown (Kenton), Delaware. Militiamen destroy a fort the Loyalists were building and chase them away.
1780
Monck's Corner/Biggin Bridge, South Carolina.
Black Mingo, South Carolina.
Minisink, New York.
The Connecticut privateer schooners Bunker Hill and Young Cromwell capture the British privateer sloop Dolphin.
1781
Throg's Neck, New York.
The HMS Roebuck captures the Confederacy.
Captain John Howell captures the HMS Britannia.
1782
Snider House, Charleston, South Carolina.
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