Battle of Alligator Bridge

1778 CE.

Shown on the map at 30.566°, -81.833°.

The Battle of Alligator Bridge took place on June 30, 1778, and was the only major engagement in an unsuccessful campaign to conquer British East Florida during the American Revolutionary War. A detachment of Georgia militiamen under the command of General James Screven chased Thomas Brown's Loyalist company into a large position of British regulars established by British Major Mark Prevost and were turned back.

Text from the Wikipedia article Battle of Alligator Creek Bridge, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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