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After going over to the British, Benedict Arnold was sent to Virginia to make war on the state. He reached Hampton Roads in December, 1780, raided to Richmond, and came to Portsmouth on January 19, 1781. He established his headquarters in Patrick Robinson's house and used the old sugar house on Crawford Street as a prison and barracks, remaining there until spring. He then went up the James again to open the fateful campaign of 1781 that won the war for America.
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Portsmouth, Virginia · United States
