Battle of Pine's Bridge
Part of theAmerican Revolutionary War
Date May 14, 1781 Location Yorktown, New York Result British victory
Belligerents
United States	Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
Christopher Greene †	James DeLancey
Strength
	200 infantry 60 Cavalry
Casualties and losses
6 killed, 5 Wounded, 33 captured ["Return of the Killed, Wounded and Missing of the Detachment of May 14, 1781" in Papers of Continental Congress]	Unknown

TheBattle of Pine's Bridge was a minor engagement during theAmerican Revolutionary War in the town ofYorktown, New York, on May 14, 1781.^[1] Loyalist forces under the command ofJames De Lancey surprised an American defensive position guarding the Pine's Bridge crossing of theCroton River held by theRhode Island Regiment (which had some African-American soldiers) along with detached soldiers of the Massachusetts Continental Line and the New Hampshire Continental Line on the north bank of theCroton River, killing and capturing many of the American soldiers.

ColonelChristopher Greene and MajorEbenezer Flagg of theRhode Island Regiment were killed in the action, along with eight African American soldiers of the Rhode Island First Regiment. Greene and Flagg were buried at the 1st Presbyterian Church in nearbyYorktown where their graves are marked by a large monument. Near the monument, a second stone marker and plaque known as theMonument to the First Rhode Island Regiment honors the memory of the eight African-American soldiers who died defending their commander.^[2]

41°11′46″N73°52′23″W / 41.196°N 73.873°W /41.196; -73.873

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