Nottoway River
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1948 text, presented as a historical document.
Many of these markers have since been replaced or their texts revised. The marker program and its current texts are maintained by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Virginia Department of Historic Resources ↗
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Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)
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