Raid on Richmond

Raid on Richmond
	Part of the American Revolutionary War
	; British map of the attack on Richmond, January 5th 1781
Date	January 1–19, 1781
Location	present-day Richmond, Virginia, and the surrounding area
Result	British victory Severe damage done to Richmond;
Belligerents
United States	Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
Thomas Jefferson; Sampson Mathews	Sir Henry Clinton; Benedict Arnold John Graves Simcoe
Strength
Around 200 Virginia Militiamen	1,600 troops of the Loyalist American Legion
Casualties and losses
Unknown, presumably heavy	Unknown, possibly medium

The Raid on Richmond was a series of British military actions against the capital of Virginia, Richmond, and the surrounding area, during the American Revolutionary War. Led by American defector Benedict Arnold, the Richmond Campaign is considered one of his greatest successes while serving under the British Army. It shocked patriot leaders and is considered one of his most notorious actions by modern Americans.

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