Nottoway River love

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A river of southern Virginia flowing about 280 km (175 mi) southeast to the North Carolina border.

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  • At Staunton River he found the railroad bridge strongly guarded, and seeing that he could not burn it, he began his return march that night, and reached Nottoway River, some thirty miles south of Petersburg, at noon of the next day -- the

    She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

  • In consequence of this discomfiture he was obliged to fall back across the Nottoway River with his own division, and rejoined the army by way of Peter's bridge on that stream, while Kautz's division, unable to unite with Wilson after the two commands had become separated in the fight, made a circuit of the enemy's left, and reached the lines of our army in the night of the 28th.

    She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

  • Recent excavations at a number of sites, including Cactus Hill located along the Nottoway River in southwest Virginia, have provided new evidence and raised new questions about when people ventured into the Americas.

    Archive 2008-10-01 Jan 2008

  • Recent excavations at a number of sites, including Cactus Hill located along the Nottoway River in southwest Virginia, have provided new evidence and raised new questions about when people ventured into the Americas.

    When Did People Arrive in the Americas? Jan 2008

  • This is the Nottoway River, folks, just west of Franklin.

    CNN Transcript Oct 17, 2007 2007

  • This is Nottoway River, folks, just west of Franklin.

    CNN Transcript Oct 17, 2007 2007

  • Early on the eighth Kautz attacked the defenders of the railroad bridge across the Nottoway River, five miles south of Stony Creek, and set the structure on fire.

    LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001

  • Early on the eighth Kautz attacked the defenders of the railroad bridge across the Nottoway River, five miles south of Stony Creek, and set the structure on fire.

    LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001

  • Cactus Hill, on the Nottoway River in southeastern Virginia, has Archaic material which is underlain by a Clovis-era level.

    Cactus Hill Update 2000

  • Early on the eighth Kautz attacked the defenders of the railroad bridge across the Nottoway River, five miles south of Stony Creek, and set the structure on fire.

    Lee’s Lieutenants Douglas Southall Freeman 1971

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