THE BOMBARDMENT OF LEWES MEMORIAL MARKER
FROM APRIL 6TH INTO THE 7TH, LEWES WAS SHELLED FOR TWENTY-TWO HOURS WITH THE BRITISH FIRING AS MANY AS 800 PROJECTILES INTO THE TOWN INCLUDING THE FIRST USE OF CONGREVE ROCKET AGAINST THE AMERICANS DURING THE WAR OF 1812.
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Listing Details
- Public
- WAR OF 1812
- War Memorial Historical Wayside Markers
- 2003
- FRONT STREET AND SAVANNAH ROAD
- 19958
- RICHARD E. MILLER
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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