Did you know Richmond played host to a brief chapter in the War for Independence? On Jan. 5, 1781, 800 British Soldiers raided Richmond by climbing onto Chimbarazo Hill.
He even served alongside General George Washington during Valley Forge in 1777 and the Battle at Yorktown in Virginia in 1781. Years later, when the famous Frenchman was 67, he returned to the ...
The cannon fire from the besieged British was deadly. One shot had just killed four Americans. Another had killed a drummer who had stepped from cover. Yet, as the Americans dug their trenches ...