Nottoway River Crossings
Several important river crossings took place
over the Nottoway River during two wars.
Revolutionary War cavalry commander Lt.Col.
John Graves Simcoe led British forces across
the river in this area on 11 May 1781, as he
rode south to join Gen. Charles Cornwallis.
In mid May, Cornwallis crossed the Nottoway
River nearby, and reached Petersburg on 20 May.
During the Civil War, at the end of Gen. James H.
and Brig. Gen. August V. Kautz's railroad raids,
a portion of Gen. Wilson's forces crossed the
river nearby on 28 June 1864, on their way back
to Union lines near Petersburg.
Marker is on Blue Star Highway (U.S. 301), on the left when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
