Point of Fork

Point of Fork is a Virginia historical marker in Fluvanna County, dedicated 1931.

Fluvanna County · dedicated 1931 · On E. River Road, about 1200 feet east of Rivanna River bridge

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Here was an important supply depot and arsenal of the Virginia government in 1781, and here Baron von Steuben, commanding the American forces, trained recruits for Greene's army in the South. Threatened by Cornwallis's approach, Steuben moved stores across James River. On June 4, 1781, Colonel Simcoe, with his cavalry, made Steuben believe that the whole British army was at hand. Steuben retreated, leaving stores to be destroyed.

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