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Campaign of 1781
Farmville Rd, Farmville,
VA ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
37° 13' 45.783912",
-78° 26' 33.064296"
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Virginia State
Historical Marker
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In 1781, British Gen. Charles Cornwallis ordered cavalry commander Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton to raid Southside Virginia to seize or destroy private and public supplies of ammunition, clothing, and food. On 9 July, Tarleton left Cobham in Surry County. As he later wrote, his force soon reached Petersburg, advanced to Prince-Edward court house, and thence towards the river Dan. . . . [After] A halt of two days in Bedford county.[Tarleton resumed] his march, by a different route, towards the royal army . . . [and] joined the King's troops at Suffolk on 24 July, ending the about 400-mile raid.
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Campaign of 1781 Historical Marker Location Map, Farmville, Virginia Map
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