Four miles north on James River. There, on January 3, 1781, Benedict Arnold, ascending the river, was fired on by cannon. On January 10, Arnold, returning, sent ashore there a force that was ambushed by George Rogers Clark. Fort Powhatan stood there in the War of 1812.

Marker is on James River Drive (Virginia Route 10) ¼ mile east of Wards Creek Road (County Route 614), on the right when traveling west.

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