Great Bridge Battlefield
Explore the first American victory of the Revolutionary War on December 9, 1775 at the Great Bridge Battlefield run by the Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways History Foundation. The Park is home to a historic interpretive pathway, an outdoor amphitheater, a recreation of the causeway from 1775, and a family picnic area. At the Park, learn about William Flora, a free Black man, who ran back to take up a plank of the bridge amid a shower of musket balls to slow the British advance.
Preservation
Save 7 acres at New Market Heights, Eutaw Springs, Fort McHenry, Port Hudson, Second Deep Bottom and Great Bridge Battlefields.
The American Battlefield Trust and our members have saved more than 1 acres at Great Bridge Battlefield.
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Battle Facts
Virginia | December 9, 1775
Result: American Victory
Estimated Casualties
103
American
1
1
British
102
102