Rev250-047 Battle of Hampton, Va

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

Education, History

4.6 • 938 Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Oct. 26-27, 1775: After the Virginia militia capture and destroy a small British Navy ship, The British retaliate by launching an attack on the coastal town of Hampton Virginia. For more context on this story, check out Episode 69 of the American Revolution Podcast. https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2018/11/episode-069-south-joins-war.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.7	Hello, and thanks for joining Revolution 250, where we look at events that took place 250 years ago
0:11.6	this week. This is from the American Revolution podcast, a short bonus episode to remind you
0:17.7	about these important anniversaries from the Revolutionary War.
0:21.7	This week, we remember the first battle in Virginia, which took place at Hampton on
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1:45.5	The Revolutionary War for much of 1775 was centered around the siege of Boston, as well as efforts in New York to involve Quebec in the fighting.
1:55.6	The central and southern colonies had taken actions to overthrow their governments, but had seen relatively little combat.
2:02.4	In the spring of that year, Virginia royal governor, Lord Dunmore, secured gunpowder being held
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