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Great Bridge, Chesapeake VA
Taken at the site of the Battle of Great Bridge
Early on the morning of December 9, 1775, eight months after Lexington and Concord, six months after Bunker Hill and seven months before the signing of the Declaration of Independence, one of the earliest, smallest, shortest, least known yet most important actions of the American Revolution took place in Virginia within the present-day city of Chesapeake.
Known as the Battle of Great Bridge, less than 300 men, both sides included, took part in an action that lasted less than five minutes.
The Patriot victory at Great Bridge had an impact on the course of the American Revolution that was out of all proportion to its size. It made the British position in Virginia untenable. It resulted in Virginia being free of any organized British presence for five critical years – free to provide massive amounts of men and supplies to the Continental Army with virtually no enemy interference.
Great Bridge, Chesapeake VA
Taken at the site of the Battle of Great Bridge
Early on the morning of December 9, 1775, eight months after Lexington and Concord, six months after Bunker Hill and seven months before the signing of the Declaration of Independence, one of the earliest, smallest, shortest, least known yet most important actions of the American Revolution took place in Virginia within the present-day city of Chesapeake.
Known as the Battle of Great Bridge, less than 300 men, both sides included, took part in an action that lasted less than five minutes.
The Patriot victory at Great Bridge had an impact on the course of the American Revolution that was out of all proportion to its size. It made the British position in Virginia untenable. It resulted in Virginia being free of any organized British presence for five critical years – free to provide massive amounts of men and supplies to the Continental Army with virtually no enemy interference.