Virginia Governor Lord Dunmore proclaims that slaves who abandon their rebel masters and join the British army can earn their freedom. Dunmore attempts to recruit a loyalist army of both black and white Virginians. He fights a pitched battle at Kemp's Landing and Great Bridge. Unable to hold land, his forces retreat to ships offshore. At the end of 1775, the British also burn and abandon Norfolk.
In South Carolina, patriots attack and scatter loyalist militia around Ninty-Six i the western interior. They also fight with naval forces supporting Royal Governor Campbell in Charleston Harbor. Patriots succeed in forcing the navy to leave the colony as well.
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ARP329 Signing the Peace Treaty
ARP238 Cuddalore - The Last Battle
ARP327 Continental Instability
ARP326 Fort Carlos
ARP325 Threat of Peace
ARP324 Newburgh Conspiracy
ARP323 Evacuation of Charleston
ARP322 Long Beach Island Massacre
ARP321 Blue Licks & Fort Henry
ARP320 Treaty of Paris
ARP319 Gibraltar Threatens Negotiations
ARP318 Peace Negotiations
ARP317 Peace Commissioners
ARP316 Skirmishing around Charleston
AR-SP25 This Fierce People
ARP315 Evacuation of Savannah
ARP314 The Great Seal
ARP313 Crawford Expedition
ARP312 Huddy-Asgill Affair
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