Battle of Spencer's Ordinary

The Battle of Spencer's Ordinary was an inconclusive skirmish that took place on 26 June 1781, late in the American Revolutionary War. British forces under Lieutenant Colonel John Graves Simcoe and American forces under Colonel Richard Butler, light detachments from the armies of General Lord Cornwallis and the Marquis de Lafayette respectively, clashed near a tavern at a road intersection not far from Williamsburg, Virginia.

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1781 Wikidata
battle, United States, Kingdom of Great Britain, United States,

Location: 37.3195, -76.7981, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1781-06-26T00:00:00Z

1781 Battle of Spencer's Ordinary

1775-04-20T00:00:00Z

1775 Gunpowder Incident

1781-07-06T00:00:00Z

1781 Battle of Green Spring

1781-09-28T00:00:00Z

1781-10-19T00:00:00Z

1781 Siege of Yorktown

1861-05-07T00:00:00Z

1861 Battle of Gloucester Point

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1862-05-04T00:00:00Z

1862 Siege of Yorktown

1862-05-05T00:00:00Z

1862 Battle of Williamsburg

1862-05-07T00:00:00Z

1862 Battle of Eltham's Landing

1862-07-01T00:00:00Z

1862 Peninsula Campaign

1864-05-24T00:00:00Z

1864 Battle of Wilson's Wharf

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1614-01-01T00:00:00Z

1609 — 1614 First Anglo-Powhatan War

1609-05-01T00:00:00Z

1646-10-01T00:00:00Z

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
object	watercraft		USS Island Belle	tug	Wikidata
site	fort	1776	Fort Powhatan	fort	Wikidata
site	museum	1959	U.S. Army Transportation Museum	transport museum, military museum	Wikidata

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