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By Stanley and Terrie Howard, October 16, 2008
CORNWALLIS Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► North Carolina, Cleveland County, Grover — O-6 — Cornwallis —
Entered North Carolina near here, January, 1781, on his second invasion of the state, pursuing Morgan and Greene. — — Map (db m252521) HM
2 ► North Carolina, Halifax County, Halifax — E-12 — Cornwallis —
The British Army under Gen. Cornwallis marching to Virginia defeated the local Militia at the town of Halifax in May, 1781. — — Map (db m271215) HM
3 ► Virginia, Sussex County, Jarratt — UM-14 — Old Halifax Road —
Here the highway merges with the Halifax Road, the ancient road from Petersburg to Halifax, North Carolina. Over this road Cornwallis marched in May, 1781, from Halifax to Petersburg in his invasion of Virginia. Over this road the Confederates . . . — — Map (db m18868) HM
 
 
  
  
 
 
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