July 6th, 2024, Saturday (10:00 am) – Commemoration of the Battle of Green Spring, Williamsburg, VA
Event Level:  Chapter
Host/POC:  Williamsburg Chapter VASSAR / Gary Dunaway, [email protected]  (757) 303-3673.
Location:  Church on the Main, 4644 Yeardley Loop, Williamsburg, VA.
Firing Event: No
Event Color Guard Commander: TBA.
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Details: On the morning of July 6, 1781, Lafayette accompanied his advance guard under the command of General Anthony Wayne. Upon reaching Green Spring, the Americans began skirmishing with pickets under the command of Banastre Tarleton. Lafayette, believing that he had caught the rearguard of the British army, called for the rest of his force to join the battle.  As Wayne formed up, Lafayette examined the field. Riding forward, he noted a large group of men in red coats formed in lines. Realizing that Cornwallis had set a trap, Lafayette galloped back to the advance guard under Wayne, but it was too late.  Advancing with several regiments, Wayne marched right into a veteran British brigade commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Dundas. Dundas’s Brigade smashed through the American right flank with a decisive bayonet charge while the American left was hard-pressed by British light infantry.  Lafayette gave the order for the entire American force to withdraw. Wayne’s men formed a rearguard. For fifteen minutes, the two sides blazed away at each other. Eventually, Wayne decided that the carnage was too great for his men and ordered a retreat.
Virginia SAR Color Guard Attendees: Dunaway.

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