Historic Falmouth E47
Founded in 1727 as a trading center for the Northern Neck. Hunter's Iron Works here were an objective in the Virginia Campaign of 1781. The army of the Potomac camped here from November, 1862 to June, 1863 and moved hence to Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.

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Troop Movements and Camp PWC19
Prince William militia opened a road nearby in preparation for the Yorktown Campaign of 1781. French and American calvary [sic], wagon trains, and cattle unable to use the ferry at Woodbridge, traveled this road, fording the river at Wolf Run Shoals, on the way to Dumfries. The same road was used by Confederate and Union forces, and the 6th N.C. Infantry quartered near here during the winter of 1861-1862. Prince William County Historical Commission, 1976

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Campaign of 1781 ND7
Lafayette, marching from Head of Elk, Maryland, to Richmond, camped here the night of April 27, 1781.

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Campaign of 1781 S62
The British Cavalryman Tarleton, returning to Cornwallis from a raid to Bedford, passed near here, July, 1781.

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Campaign of 1781 V16
The roads through Henrico County were important routes for the Revolutionary War campaign of 1781. To avoid British Gen. Charles Cornwallis’s troops advancing from Petersburg, the Marquis de Lafayette left Richmond by 27 May and marched northward through Henrico. Cornwallis bivouacked at White Oak Swamp on the 27th, before continuing the pursuit of Lafayette. In mid June, Cornwallis joined Lt. Gen. Banastre Tarleton near Richmond, where they occupied the city by 16 June. The British troops left the city for Williamsburg on the 20th marching east through Henrico County. Lafayette advanced through Henrico County on 22 June in pursuit of Cornwallis.

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Revolutionary Campaign of 1781 Mechunk Creek W205
After reinforcements from Brig. Gen. Mad Anthony Wayne arrived on 10 June 1781, the Marquis de Lafayette moved south from his camp on the Rapidan River to prevent further raids by Gen. Charles Cornwallis’s British troops encamped at Elk Hill. By 13 June, Lafayette had occupied a position along the Mechunk Creek to challenge any British advance toward Charlottesville and Stuanton. Lafayette and his troops reached this position be secretly repairing an abandoned road and were able to travel undetected. Cornwallis and his army left Elk Hill on 15 June marching toward Richmond, and Lafayette followed on a parallel course north of the British.

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Campaign of 1781 F72
Tarleton, sent by Cornwallis to destroy supplies at Bedford, passed here going west, July, 1781.

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Revolutionary War Campaign of 1781 E53
The roads through Prince William County were important routes for the Revolutionary War campaign of 1781. In April, the Marquis de Lafayette passed through the county on the King’s Highway with a portion of Gen. George Washington’s Continental Army. During July, Brig. Gen. Anthony Wayne and his troops marched through the region on the Carolina Road and joined Lafayette at Rapidan. In September, the cavalry and baggage wagons of the French and American armies took the King’s Highway to Yorktown. After the Battle of Yorktown, the British troops surrendered to the American and French forces on 19 Oct. 1781.

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Campaign of 1781 O44
Steuben, both on his retreat from Simcoe and on his return north to join Lafayette, passed near here, June, 1781.

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Campaign of 1781 F40
Lafayette, moving west to protect stores in Albemarle from Tarleton, passed near here, June, 1781.

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