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Several important crossings of the Nottoway River occurred here during two wars. In the 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.
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