Battle of Pine's Bridge

The Battle of Pine's Bridge was a minor engagement during the American Revolutionary War in the town of Yorktown, New York, on May 14, 1781.[1] Loyalist forces under the command of James DeLancey surprised an American defensive position guarding the Pine's Bridge crossing of the Croton River held by the Rhode 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 the Croton River, killing and capturing many of the American soldiers.

Battle of Pine's Bridge
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Date May 14, 1781 Location Yorktown, New York Result Loyalist victory
Belligerents
United States	New York Loyalists
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

Colonel Christopher Greene and Major Ebenezer Flagg of the Rhode Island Regiment were killed in the action. Greene and Flagg were buried at the 1st Presbyterian Church in nearby Yorktown where their graves are marked by a large monument. Near the monument, a second stone marker and plaque known as the Monument to the First Rhode Island Regiment honors the memory of some African-American soldiers who died defending their commander.

References

1. Pines Bridge Monument, Yorktown Historical Society