Camp New Providence
Inscription
Encampment, Oct.-Dec.
1780, of N.C. militia &
Continental Army, where
Patriots laid plans to
confront Cornwallis. Site
was just west of here.
Location
AddressNC 16 (Providence Road) at Six Mile Creek southeast of Charlotte
CountyMecklenburg
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates35.037024, -80.767665
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