Arnold's British Defenses, 1781
Historical highway marker Q-8-q · Portsmouth
A brick windmill near here was close to the southern limit of a line of British redoubts erected in March 1781 by order of Brigadier General Benedict Arnold who, under Major General William Phillips commanded British troops occupying Portsmouth. This line of fortifications extended north in an arc along Washington Street to the waterfront near Court Street.
Virginia State Library, 1962