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Coordinates: 38°08′19″N 77°19′04″W / 38.13874°N 77.31776°W / 38.13874; -77.31776
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'''New London''' is an [[unincorporated community]] in [[Caroline County, Virginia|Caroline County]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Virginia]]. It lies within [[Fort A. P. Hill]], 6 miles north-northeast of [[Bowling Green, Virginia]].
'''New London''' is an [[unincorporated community]] in [[Caroline County, Virginia|Caroline County]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Virginia]]. It lies within [[Fort A. P. Hill]], 6 miles north-northeast of [[Bowling Green, Virginia]].

In consequence of the [[American Revolutionary War]], stores of ordnance, arms, and military stores accumulated at New London, Virginia.<ref>http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsp&fileName=016/llsp016.db&Page=44</ref> New London lacked navigable waterways and hence good communications; messages and cargoes then primarily traveled via ship between ports. New London nevertheless continued as an Army installation for many years.


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New London is an unincorporated community in Caroline County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It lies within Fort A. P. Hill, 6 miles north-northeast of Bowling Green, Virginia.

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38°08′19″N 77°19′04″W / 38.13874°N 77.31776°W / 38.13874; -77.31776


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