Chesapeake raid
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1775–1779
- Gunpowder Incident
- Kemp's Landing
- Snow Campaign
- Savage's Old Fields
- Great Cane Brake
- Great Bridge
1776
1777
1778
- Alligator Bridge
- 1st Savannah
1779
- Beaufort
- Van Creek
- Kettle Creek
- Brier Creek
- Chesapeake raid
- Stono Ferry
- Fort Bute
- Lake Pontchartrain
- Charles Town
- Baton Rouge
- 2nd Savannah
The Chesapeake Raid was an American Revolutionary War campaign by British naval forces under the command of Commodore Sir George Collier and land forces led by Major General Edward Mathew. Between 10 May and 24 May 1779 these forces raided economic and military targets up and down Chesapeake Bay. The speed with which the British moved caught many of the bay's communities by surprise, so there was little to no resistance. The British destroyed economically important supplies of tobacco and coal, and destroyed naval ships, port facilities, and storehouses full of military supplies.
References
- Russell, David. The American Revolution in the Southern Colonies
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