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BATTLE OF GREAT BRIDGE

The Battle of Great Bridge, was an engagement of the American War Of Independence that occurred on December the 9th, 1775, near the Dismal Swamp, Virginia, between Lord Dunmore, commanding a band of British and Tories, and Colonel Woodford leading 300 colonial soldiers. Dunmore attacked Woodford's camp, and was defeated with the loss of 100 men Woodford sustaining no loss.
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