Burning of Norfolk

时间

1776年1月1日

类型

军事行动

坐标

36.85° N, 76.28° W

Description

incident during the American Revolutionary War involving British Naval ships

1776 American Revolutionary War incident

On January 1, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War, British Royal Navy ships began shelling Norfolk, Virginia, and landing parties came ashore to burn specific properties. The town, whose significantly Loyalist population had fled, was occupied by Patriot forces from Virginia and North Carolina.

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