Battle of Barren Hill

On this day in 1778,

British forces from Philadelphia attempt to trap 2,200 Continentals defending Valley Forge led by Marquis de Lafayette. Lafayette, through skillful maneuvering, avoids the entrapment and the destruction of his forces at The Battle of Barren Hill (now Lafayette Hill).
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Battle of The Cedars

On this day is 1776,

left in command of 400 troops by Brig. Gen. Benedict Arnold, Col. Bedel then Maj. Isaac Butterfield surrender the fort near Montreal at the Battle of The Cedars.

Later Bedel and Butterfield are court marshaled and thrown out of the Army.
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Cap. Benedict Arnold

On this day in 1775,

Cap. Benedict Arnold in the second day of assault on the naval forts near St. John's captures the British sloop George. It is renamed Enterprise and is the first of many vessels bearing that name.
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Battle of St. John's

On this day in 1775,

Cap. Benedict Arnold captures a garrison and several boats near Fort St. John's on the Richelieu River. Ethan Allen is repelled from the fort by a British relief force at the Battle of St. John's.
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Battle of St. John's

On this day in 1775,

Cap. Benedict Arnold captures a garrison and several boats near Fort St. John's on the Richelieu River. Ethan Allen is repelled from the fort by a British relief force at the Battle of St. John's.
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Button Gwinnett

No major battles occurred on this date.

But in 1777, Declaration of Independence signer, Button Gwinnett, receives a fatal bullet wound in a duel with his political rival, Georgia “city Whig” Lachlan McIntosh.
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Fort Granby, SC

On this day in 1781,

With the use of flaming arrows, Gens. Lee, Marion and Sumter capture Fort Granby, SC.
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