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Nottoway River

Sussex County · 3.4 miles south of Stony Creek. · location approximate

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Near here the British cavalryman, Simcoe, crossed the river going south to join Cornwallis, May 11, 1781. Here Cornwallis, moving northward, was met by Benedict Arnold, coming from Petersburg, May 19, 1781. Here the Union General Wilson crossed the river, June 28, 1864, and recrossed, June 29, 1864.

1948 text, presented as a historical document.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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