The War at the Virginia War Museum-- Part 2

The Virginia Manufactory of Arms in Richmond dated to back when the state still was an industrial leader. 

The town of Smithfield, Virginia, was saved by the militia and the British were temporarily stalled by the effectiveness of the militia's Rutherford rifles at Hampton.

At the Battle of Craney Island, the Virginia militia aided by Navy gun crews, a few Marines and a detachment of regular army troops repulsed a two-pronged British attack.

And, Most Folk Know Little That Happened in Virginia During the War. I Know I Sure Didn't. --Brock-Perry