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Cornwallis's Route

Hanover County · 10.6 miles northeast of Mechanicsville. · location approximate

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Lord Cornwallis, in the pursuit of Lafayette that led him to the North Anna River, passed near here, May 30, 1781. River

1948 text, presented as a historical document.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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