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Campaign of 1781

Caroline County · dedicated 1935 · Rte. 301, at Bowling Green courthouse lawn

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Lafayette, marching from Head of Elk, Maryland, to Richmond, camped here the night of April 27, 1781.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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