Battle of Blandford
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The Battle of Blandford, also called the Battle of Petersburg, took place near Petersburg, Virginia on 25 April 1781, late in the American War of Independence. Roughly 2,300 British regulars under the
A British engineer's sketch of the battle
Brigadier General William Phillips
General Peter Muhlenberg, by an unknown 19th century artist
General Baron von Steuben, painting by Ralph Earl
The American Legion was a provincial cavalry and infantry corps of the British Army in the American War of Independence commanded by Brigadier General Benedict Arnold.
Battle of Blandford
…toward Petersburg. Phillips' command consisted of the 78th and 80th Regiments of Foot, John Graves Simcoe's corps of Loyalist Queen's Rangers, Arnold's American Legion, a force of Hessian jägers, and two battalions of light infantry. Phillips had originally planned a circuitous route in order to go after military…
American Legion reenactors at Colonial Williamsburg