Long Bridge

Long Bridge is a Virginia historical marker in New Kent County, dedicated 1947.

New Kent County · dedicated 1947 · Rte. 60, at intersection with Rte. 106

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One mile south is Long Bridge over the Chickahominy River. Benedict Arnold sent Simcoe there in the British invasion of 1781. Longstreet crossed there in the Peninsular Campaign, May, 1862. Grant's Fifth and Second Corps crossed there, in June, 1864, on the way to Petersburg.

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