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About midday on 25 April 1781, Major General William Phillips discovered that the right flank of the American militia on the edge of Blandford was vulnerable to attack from the south and rear. He ordered Lieutenant Colonel John Simcoe’s Queen’s Rangers and a Light Infantry battalion to the south and west on a wide sweep around the flank to attack the Virginians from the rear. Simcoe took a nearby route, now Graham Road, between present-day Crater Road and Sycamore Street, moving his large force behind the American line undetected. When Simcoe reached the high ground overlooking Petersburg, the Americans were already retreating.
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Petersburg, Virginia · United States
