Ed Helms

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With this action of Dunmore's, Virginian rebels reached a breaking point and Washington even called him out for this treacherous behavior.

In a letter written on December 15th, 1775 to Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Reed, Washington wrote, if Virginians are wise, that arch traitor to the rights of humanity, Lord Dunmore should be instantly crushed.

Uh-oh.

You pissed off George Washington.

I don't think this is going to go well for you moving forward, Dunmore.

All right.

So now it's December of 1775.

Lord Dunmore launched one last major offensive.

He fled to Norfolk to rally his troops, including the Ethiopian regiment.

Norfolk was a key economic and military hub, and the main entry point, Great Bridge, was quickly fortified with a stockade called Fort Murray.

During the Battle of Great Bridge, however, the Patriot militia easily overran the British forces.

Only one Patriot was wounded, while the British suffered about 100 casualties.

By 1776, the revolution was in full swing, and Dunmore's attempts at reinforcements had spectacularly failed, helping the very people he was supposed to be fighting.