Name/Title
Kings RoadEntry/Object ID
2020.9.2856.aDescription
Kings Road marker: Skirmish of American Revolution
June 30th, 1778, a force of 200 American Cavalry commanded by Colonel Elijah Clarke, participating in General Robert Howe's invasion of Florida, attacked a column of British at this place (Alligator Creek Bridge) but were unable to penetrate the nearby entrenchments of 450 British Regulars and South Carolina Royalists under the command of Major James Marc Prevost. In this skirmish Colonel Clarke was wounded and the Americans withdrew. The next day the British retired in the direction of the St. Johns River.
Casualties: Americans 13; British 9
Erected By
Jacksonville Chapter, Florida Society
Sons of the American Revolution
1936Collection
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