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Virginia's participation in the Revolutionary War military operations developed in seven stages: the initial conflict with Lord Dunmore in the Norfolk and Chesapeake areas in 1775-1776; the thousands of Virginians who joined the Continental Army and campaigned throughout the country; the bloody Cherokee war in the southwest from 1775-1782; George Rogers Clark's audacious and spectacular victory in the Northwest; the British invasion and ravaging of Virginia throughout 1780-1781; the southern campaigns of Generals Gates and Greene in 1780 and 1781; and the final victory at Yorktown in the fall of 1781.
Whenever the call came, Virginians poured forth in sufficient numbers and with sufficient supplies in the crucial days of 1777-1778 and 1780-1781 to prevent defeat. And in 1781 they were there in enough numbers to insure victory at Yorktown. Part V: The War for Independence
Thus far I have followed the guidance of Crabbe's son and biographer, but there is much that is confused and incomplete in his narrative. The story of Crabbe's life, as told by the son, leaves us in much doubt as to the order of events in 1780-1781. The memorable letter to Burke was, as we have seen, without a date.
Jefferson saw to it that a prohibition against slavery was written into the federal Land Ordinance of 1784 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. Yet, what was earlier noted bears repeating the principles set forth in the Declaration of Independence were the beginning of a great governmental experiment, not the finished product. The British Move South, 1780-1781
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