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1676 Bacon before the Assembly asks the governor for pardon, which is granted......June 5, 1676 Bacon leaves Jamestown......June, 1676 He returns with 600 men and again demands a commission against the Indians. He is made commander-in-chief and authorized by the Assembly to raise 1,000 men, and this is ratified by the governor......June, 1676 Bacon, while engaged in a successful campaign against the Indians, is again proclaimed a rebel and a traitor by Governor Berkeley......July 29, 1676 Governor, unable to resist Bacon, is compelled to retreat to Accomac......August, 1676 Gathering some vessels and about 1,000 men, the governor returns to Jamestown......Sept. 7, 1676 Bacon marches to Jamestown and drives out the governor and his followers......Sept. 18, 1676 He burns Jamestown......Sept. 19, 1676 Governor Berkeley retires again to Accomac, while Bacon suddenly sickens of a malignant fever, a result of exposure and anxiety, and dies......Oct. 28, 1676