Complex sentence: The county is the site of the southern terminus of the Dismal Swamp Canal and was the location of the Battle of South Mills on April 19,1862 during the American Civil War which brought a minor victory to the Confederacy.
Split into simpler sentences: The county is the site of the southern terminus of the Dismal Swamp Canal. It was the site of the Battle of South Mills on April 19,1862 during the American Civil War, which was a minor victory to the Confederacy.