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Revolutionary Camp

Nansemond County · 6.2 miles northeast of Suffolk. · location approximate

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Here the Nansemond militia under Colonel Willis Riddick, opposing a British raid, camped on May 11, 1779.

1948 text, presented as a historical document.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)

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