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.

 


 

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