Table of Contents
Acknowledgements 9
Introduction 11
1 Colonial Tidewater 13
2 Rifle Balls Fly in Hampton 20
3 Dunmore Retreats to Norfolk 27
4 A Navy and Crucial Intelligence 32
5 Building a Navy 38
6 Dunmore Departs Virginia 44
7 The Spirit of Hampton 48
8 Men and Missions 54
9 Captain Harris and the Mosquito 58
10 Daring Atlantic Raiders 61
11 Patrolling and Shipbuilding 65
12 British Defeat at Saratoga 69
13 Gallant Men of the Navy 72
14 French Naval Operations 75
15 Support from Hampton 80
16 Duel in the Bay 84
17 The British Strike Virginia 88
18 Admiral Collier's Raid 93
19 Losses and a New Administration 96
20 The Strain of War Increases 100
21 The Leslie Raid 104
22 Benedict Arnold Strikes at Virginia 107
23 Jefferson versus Arnold 113
24 Lafayette and the British Invasion 117
25 The Spread of Destruction 121
26 Cornwallis Invades Virginia 126
27 Blockading the Chesapeake Bay 130
28 Yorktown 135
29 Finally, a Treaty and Peace 140
30 Afterward 144
31 The Contribution of a Patriot 148
Notes 151
Sources 163
Index 167
About the Author 171
