The Battle of Great Bridge

Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways Park and Visitor Center

In the early morning of December 9, 1775, two opposing forces faced each other across the Great

Bridge, the British on the north end and the patriots to the south. The battle lasted ...

Southern Branch Chapel / Battle of Great Bridge / Wilson Family

Site of

Southern Branch Chapel

A Chapel of ease of the Anglican Church

for the

Elizabeth River Parish 1701 - 1761

St. Brides Parish 1761 - 1845

Encampment area for American Patriots

Battle of Great Bridge

December 1775

First land battle for the American Revolution fought in Virginia

Residence of ...

The Battle at the Bridge

The Revolutionary War

25 April 1781

In the late afternoon and evening of 24 April 1781, Virginia militia regiments of Brigadier General Peter Muhlenberg’s Corps of about 1,000 men marched into Petersburg in order to counter an expected attack by the invading ...

Battles For The Bridges

Gauley Bridge - A Town in Between

When the war began, most residents of this part of present-day West Virginia were Confederate in their sympathies. Both Confederate and Union forces considered the wooden covered bridge here strategically important because the James ...

The James Rumsey Bridge / The Battle of Antietam or Sharpsburg

(West Facing Side):The James Rumsey Bridge

Named in honor of the inventor James Rumsey, who made successful public demonstrations of his steamboat on the Potomac River on December 3 and 11, 1787. Opened and dedicated on July 15, 1939..

(East Facing Side):The ...

Battle for the Bridge

The Foundry Fight

On April 20, 1863, Confederate Gens. William E. “Grumble” Jones and John D. Imboden began a raid from Virginia through present-day West Virginia against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Taking separate routes, they later reported that they marched ...

The Battle of Staunton River Bridge

The Battle of Staunton River Bridge

was fought here June 25, 1864

Capt. Benj. L. Farinholt 53rd Va. Inf. with

296 men reinforced by 642 citizens

and soldiers from Halifax Charlotte

and Mecklenburg counties Virginia

Defeated

Col. R.M. West 5th Penn. Cavalry

Supported by the 3rd New York

This ...

The Battle of Cooch's Bridge

On September 3, 1777 over 800 Americans forming the Light Infantry Corps of Brigadier General William Maxwell engaged about 2,000 British Light Infantry and Hessian and Anspach "Jägers" (light infantry) in a series of skirmishes ending at Cooch's Bridge.

Maxwell's ...