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The Battle of Cricket Hill: Andrew Lewis and the Battle of Gwynn's Island

Local Revolutionary War hero Andrew Lewis’ most famous clash with the British will be the subject of the Salem Museum’s latest speaker series talk entitled, “The Battle of Cricket Hill.” In his talk, independent scholar Michael Rhodes examines the expulsion of Royal Governor Lord Dunmore by Virginia Patriot forces under the command of General Andrew Lewis. The last Royal Governor of the colony of Virginia, Dunmore needed a place for he and his entourage of Loyalists aboard some 100 vessels to make land and regroup before continuing his battle to reclaim Virginia for the Crown. He chose Gwynn’s Island, barely 200 yards off the mainland near present-day Hudgins, Virginia, as his haven. Thanks to artillery fire from Fort Cricket Hill by General Lewis’ men, this would mark the exodus of Lord Dunmore from Virginia for good.