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Ferncliff in Louisa County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Campaign of 1781

 
 
Campaign of 1781 Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, April 6, 2012
1. Campaign of 1781 Marker
Inscription. Here Lafayette, moving west to protect a supply depot in Albermarle from Cornwallis, entered this road, June 13, 1781.
 
Erected 1934 by Commission on Conservation and Development. (Marker Number V-20.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical month for this entry is June 1903.
 
Location. 37° 56.05′ N, 78° 6.68′ W. Marker is in Ferncliff, Virginia, in Louisa County. It is on Three Notch Road (U.S. 250) west of Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 208), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Louisa VA 23093, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Piedmont and in Central Virginia. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen
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Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Fluvanna County / Goochland County (approx. 3.2 miles away); Ionia (approx. 5.7 miles away); Louisa County / Fluvanna County (approx. 6.4 miles away); a different marker also named Louisa County / Fluvanna County (approx. 6½ miles away); Flora Molton (approx. 6.6 miles away); Leaving Louisa (approx. 6.9 miles away); a different marker also named Campaign of 1781 (approx. 6.9 miles away); Tobacco Harvest (approx. 7.7 miles away).
 
US 250 (facing west) image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, April 6, 2012
2. US 250 (facing west)
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on April 8, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,027 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 8, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
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