Plan of the Area of Scott's Creek, Two Short Miles from
Portsmouth Up to the Causeway
Above creek: "Position of the enemy"; "Ruins of burnt-out houses where the jäger picket had a double picket in daytime." Below creek: "The 30 jägers during the attack of the enemy"; "Position of the jäger pickets." Along vertical road: "Road from Portsmouth to Suffolk or Nansemond." Along horizontal road to left: "Road to Great Bridge." Below the abatis surrounding square, to left: "An old ruin of a demolished house in which a picket of 50 men stood, which is its position for cooperating with the jäger pickets posted as indicated." Left of guns in the road: "Two guns and the Ranger Corps for the support of the pickets, which, however, witnessed the play." [Simcoe's rangers were absent.] Lower left corner: "This creek falls into the Elizabeth River at Mill Point, about three miles from the causeway." Scott's Creek now flows within the city of Portsmouth.