Battle of Green Spring
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N 37° 14.105 W 076° 47.108
18S E 341649 N 4122444
Erected 2000 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number V-39.)
Waymark Code: WMGBC3
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 02/09/2013
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Nearby, late in the afternoon of 6 Julyl 1781, Gen. Charles Cornwallis and cavalry commander Col. Banastre Tarleton with 5,000 British and Hessian troops clashed with 800 American troops commanded by Brig. Gen. “Mad” Anthony Wayne and the Marquis de Lafayette. Believing that the main British force was across the James River, and that he was attacking Cornwallis’s rear guard. Wayne soon realized that he was facing far superior numbers. He startled the advancing British forces by charging them, exchanging volleys, and then withdrawing his troops from encirclement and certain defeat. Dusk prevented Cornwallis from pursuing the Americana.
Marker Number: v 39
Marker Title: Battle of Green Spring
Marker Location: williamsburg va
County or Independent City: williamsburg
Web Site: Not listed
Marker Program Sponsor: Not listed
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