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Turtle Gut Inlet, Battle of

Years: 1776 - 1776

The Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet (June 29, 1776) is an important, early naval victory for the Continental Navy and the future "Father of the American Navy", Captain John Barry.

It is the first privateer battle of the American Revolutionary War.

The battle results in the first American casualty of the war in New Jersey, Lieutenant Richard Wickes, brother of Captain Lambert Wickes.

It is the only Revolutionary War battle fought in Cape May County

"Not to know what happened before you were born is to be a child forever. For what is the time of a man except it be interwoven with that memory of ancient things of a superior age?"

― Marcus Tullius Cicero, Orator (46 BCE)