P283 - Plan of the skirmish with the rebels at James's Plantation in Princess Anne County in Virginia

Plan von dem Scharmützel mit denen rebellen bey James Plantage in der grafschaft Princess Anna in Virginien
P283 - Plan of the skirmish with the rebels at James's Plantation in Princess Anne County in Virgini
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    Map showing a skirmish between Hessian and American forces at the James Plantation in Princess Anne County, Virginia during February 1781. Published in a 1979 English language translation of the diary of a Hessian officer Ewald, Johann von. Diary of the American War : a Hessian Journal / translated and edited by Joseph P. Tustin. New Haven : Yale University Press, 1979, p. 125 from a 1791 transcription of notes and sketches found in the original diary (Tagebuch von dem Amerikanischen Kriege). The original map, only one of three contemporary views of Valley Forge known to exist, includes the page number on which it occurs in the 1791 transcription.
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    Along lower road: "Road from London Bridge to Dauge's Bridge."  Along upper road: "Road to Bonkers [Pungo?] church or northwest Landing." 

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    1791
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    1781
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    Source: Ewald, Johann von. Tagebuch von dem amerikanischen kriege. 1791. This is a ms. transcription of Ewald's notes.

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