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Battle of Spencer's Ordinary
Background
The Battle of Spencer's Ordinary was an inconclusive skirmish that took place on 26 June 1781, late in the American Revolutionary War. British forces under Lieutenant Colonel John Graves Simcoe and American forces under Colonel Richard Butler, light detachments from the armies of General Lord Cornwallis and the Marquis de Lafayette respectively, clashed near a tavern (the "ordinary") at a road intersection not far from Williamsburg, Virginia.Lafayette had been shadowing Cornwallis as he moved his army toward Williamsburg from central Virginia. Aware that Simcoe had become separated from Cornwallis, he sent Butler out in an attempt to cut Simcoe off. Both sides, concerned that the other might be reinforced by its main army, eventually broke off the battle.Yorktown Campaign Battles
- Battle of Blandford
- Battle of Cape Henry
- Battle of Green Spring
- Battle of Spencer's Ordinary
- Battle of the Chesapeake
- Francisco's Fight
- Raid on Richmond
- Siege of Yorktown
- Skirmish at Waters Creek
