When it comes to the interpretation of Revolutionary War era history, Tom Sledge of Chesapeake is certainly no sunshine soldier or summertime patriot. Sledge entered the realm of historical ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Great Bridge has changed quite a bit since 1775. It is now considered one of the smaller water crossings in the Hampton Roads area. But in the Revolutionary War, that ...

The dust has barely settled and the scent of black powder has scarcely cleared from the air at the Great Bridge Battlefield South battle reenactment site. Some members of the Great Bridge community ...

For more than two decades, Ron Phelps tirelessly promoted and celebrated the annual Battle of Great Bridge reenactment in Chesapeake. His devotion to the cause memorializing local American ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – The battle of Great Bridge was one of the first Patriot victories in the Revolutionary War and helped drive the British government from the colony of Virginia. Every year, a ...

No images exist of William "Billy" Flora, but he is depicted in this painting by Jeremy Horne, featured on a historical marker in Great Bridge, Virginia. (Photo courtesy Jeremy Horne/The Historical ...

American Revolution Col. Edward Vail and the Edenton District Minutemen aided the Virginian militia during the “Furious Fall of ‘75” while fighting in the Battle of Great Bridge. The fall of 1775 was ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Andrew Lawler, author of "A Perfect Frenzy," detailed the events of the 1775 Battle of Great Bridge outside Norfolk, VA. His remarks came during an ...