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The "old town" which you enter here is ringed by stout Civil War entrenchments built on top of the British works of 1781. Englishmen, Scotsmen, Welchmen, Hessians, and Loyalist Americans were quartered here while besieged by American-French forces under Washington.
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| HM Number | HM74C |
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| Placed By | National Park Service |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Sunday, October 19th, 2014 at 5:37am PDT -07:00 |
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| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 366400 N 4121618 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 37.23151667, -76.50605000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 37° 13.891', W 76° 30.363' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 37° 13' 53.46" N, 76° 30' 21.78" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 757 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 1415-1663 Zweybrucken Rd, Yorktown VA 23690, US |
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