It was a narrow wooden bridge situated over the southern branch of the Elizabeth River in difficult terrain amid bogs and swampland, accessible only by narrow causeways on both the north and south ...

Today, Dec. 9, 2025, marks an important anniversary in the lead-up to our country’s upcoming Semiquincentennial: The Battle of Great Bridge. Though less well known than either Lexington and Concord, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

At the Great Bridge Bridge in Chesapeake, Virginia, thousands of drivers pass daily, unaware of the pivotal Revolutionary War battle that unfolded in this area — and the local hero at the center of it ...