The Skirmish at Farnham Church was an engagement during the

War of 1812 The War of 1812 (18 June 1812 – 17 February 1815) was fought by the United States, United States of America and its Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous allies against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom ...

. The British bombarded North Farnham Church and assaulted the church on land. The strength of either side is unknown, but the battle was fought between British troops and Virginia

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. The engagement at the northern end of the Farnham Church complex occurred on December 6, 1814, the British failed to capture their target.

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* * Borneman, Walter H. 1812 The War that forged a nation * {{Battles of the War of 1812 Farnham Church Farnham Church Farnham Church Farnham Church Farnham Church 1814 in Virginia December 1814 events