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By Stanley and Terrie Howard, March 29, 2009
Cornwallis Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On M H Camp Highway (U.S. 29). |
| | Entered North Carolina near here. January, 1781, on his second invasion of the state, pursuing Morgan and Green. — — Map (db m16819) HM |
| On U.S. 301 north of South King Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The British Army under Gen. George Cornwallis marching to Virginia defeated the local Militia at the town of Halifax in May, 1781. — — Map (db m221535) HM |
| On Blue Star Highway (U.S. 301) 0.3 miles north of Henry 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 |
May. 7, 2024