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accessed April 1, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Virginia. Located on the Middle Peninsula, between the

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and York rivers, it was the site of numerous actions during the American Civil War. The Piankatank is primarily a tidal river of the Chesapeake Bay. The head of the river meets with the mouth of

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. Bordered by Mathews and Gloucester counties to the south and Middlesex County to the north, the Piankatank is crossed only by

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approximately upriver of its mouth.

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Rivers of Virginia Rivers of Mathews County, Virginia Rivers of Gloucester County, Virginia Bodies of water of Middlesex County, Virginia Tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay {{Virginia-river-stub

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