Y/M/D | Description | Place |
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1781/01/00 | General Thomas Nelson, with militia, prevents turncoat Benedict Arnold from landing at Burwell's Ferry. | Kingsmill Plantation, Williamsburg |
1781/01/01 | From the 1st to the 3rd of January, Arnold's fleet sail up the James River, laying waste to plantations and settlements along the way. | |
1781/01/03 | Governor Thomas Jefferson and the Council of State hastily order out the militia. Jefferson spends two days on horseback, personally ensuring the safety of records and supplies. | |
1781/01/04 | British regulars land at Westover Plantation and ready themselves for the assault against Richmond. In the afternoon, Arnold and his men disembarked on foot towards Richmond. | Westover Plantation, Charles City, VA |
1781/01/04 | British Gen Benedict Arnold lands troops at Kennon's Landing and others at Westover. | Fort Pocahontas, Charles City, VA |
1781/01/05 | Arnold's forces march triumphantly into Richmond, described by an eyewitness as "undisturbed by even a single shot." | Richmond, Virginia |
1781/01/05 | From his HQ at Main Street's City Tavern (he would stay in Richmond for a day), Arnold wrote a letter to Jefferson, saying that if he could move the city's tobacco stores and military arms to his ships, he would leave Richmond unharmed. | |
1781/01/06 | Livid, Jefferson's sends his response, refusing that a turncoat do anything to Richmond's supplies. Upon receiving the letter, Arnold is enraged, destroys extensive military stores before retiring to an encampment near Portsmouth. | |
1781/01/10 | Turncoat Benedict Arnold pillages Berkeley Plantation, removing and burning all family portraits, most of Harrison's possessions and destroying a large portion of the house. | Berkeley Plantation, Charles City, VA |
1781/03/14 | George Washington orders the Marquis de Lafayette and 1200 troops to march south to the aid of Virginia. Lafayette responds to his new command with Most Ardent Zeal, also launching a friendship with Thomas Jefferson. |
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