What the records say
- When
- 1 Jan 1781 – 19 Jan 1781
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 37.55° N, 77.46° W
- Description
- battle of the American Revolutionary War
Placed at the town its title names, Richmond.
2 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia is burned by British naval forces, led by Benedict Arnold”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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