Plan of the Action at Spencer's House,
Seven Miles from Williamsburg




 

Inscriptions read, from bottom to top: Below road to right: "Marshy and impenetrable wood"; "The Ranger Corps and  j䧥rs."  Along lower vertical road: "Road to James City Island or Jamestown."  Along road to right: "Cattle and provisions wagons"; "Road to Williamsburg."  Left of vertical road: "Rendezvous"; "Dragoons of the Ranger Corps which fell upon the enemy as soon as they were sighted"; "The advanced guard of the enemy"; "March of the enemy."  Right of vertical road: "Spencer's house"; "Ranger battalion---Grenadiers and Light Infantry Company---J䧥rs"; "Where the action first occurred"; "First disposition of the rebels"; "Area where the second action occured and where I came to close quarters with the enemy"; "Second disposition of the enemy"; "Retreat of the enemy as soon as they were informed that Lord Cornwallis was advancing with a strong corps."  Along upper vertical road: "Road from Cooper's Mill."

 


 

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