Battle of Green Spring

The Battle of Green Spring took place near Green Spring Plantation in James City County, Virginia during the American Revolutionary War. On July 6, 1781 United States Brigadier General "Mad" Anthony Wayne, leading the advance forces of the Marquis de Lafayette, was ambushed near the plantation by the British army of Earl Charles Cornwallis in the last major land battle of the Virginia campaign prior to the Siege of Yorktown.

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1781 Battle of Green Spring

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1775 Gunpowder Incident

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1781 Battle of Spencer's Ordinary

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1781 Siege of Yorktown

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1861 Battle of Gloucester Point

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1862 Siege of Yorktown

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1862 Battle of Williamsburg

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1862 Battle of Eltham's Landing

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1862 Peninsula Campaign

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1864 Battle of Wilson's Wharf

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1609 — 1614 First Anglo-Powhatan War

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1609 — 1646 Anglo-Powhatan Wars

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1775	Gunpowder Incident	armed conflict	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1781	Battle of Spencer's Ordinary	United States, Kingdom of Great Britain, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1781	Battle of Green Spring	United States, battle, Kingdom of Great Britain	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1781	Siege of Yorktown	United States, Principality of Ansbach, Kingdom of France, Kingdom of Great Britain, Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, battle, Loyalist, siege, 2nd Canadian Regiment	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1861	Battle of Gloucester Point	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1862	Siege of Yorktown	battle, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1862	Battle of Williamsburg	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1862	Battle of Eltham's Landing	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1862	Peninsula Campaign	battle, military campaign	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1864	Battle of Wilson's Wharf	battle	Wikidata
event	war	1609	First Anglo-Powhatan War	war, Powhatan, Kingdom of England	Wikidata
event	war	1609	Anglo-Powhatan Wars	Colony of Virginia, series of wars, Tsenacommacah	Wikidata
site	fort	1776	Fort Powhatan	fort	Wikidata
site	museum	1959	U.S. Army Transportation Museum	transport museum, military museum	Wikidata