Tarleton's Movements

Tarleton's Movements is a Virginia historical marker in Southampton County, dedicated 1931.

Rte. 58 near intersection with Adams Grove Road

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Near this point Tarleton, the British cavalryman, entered the road from the south and moved westward to clear the fords for Cornwallis's army, May 14, 1781. Cornwallis was moving north on Petersburg.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1778 · Il Maryland, il Jersey Meridionale, la Delaware. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1795 · North-Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1807 · Map Of Virginia (lower right sheet) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1818 · Map of Virginia, 1818 (lower right sheet) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1919 · Arringdale, Virginia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Il Maryland, il Jersey Meridionale, la Delaware, 1778, covering the location of Tarleton's Movements, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Il Maryland, il Jersey Meridionale, la Delaware, 1778, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Tarleton's Movements

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