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  • Battle of Droop Mountain
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  • Assigned command of one of two brigades involved in the planned raid on the railroads, Averell moved toward southwestern Virginia with the purpose of disputing movement on the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad. The second column, under Brigadier General Alfred DuffiĆ©, destroyed enemy military property en route, while Averell probed for Confederate defenders.
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Strength
  • ~5,000
  • ~1,200
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Partof
  • the American Civil War
Date
  • 1863-11-06
Commander
Casualties
  • 119
  • 275
Result
  • Union victory
combatant
  • United States
  • CSA (Confederacy)
Place
  • Pocahontas County, West Virginia
Conflict
  • Battle of Droop Mountain
abstract
  • Assigned command of one of two brigades involved in the planned raid on the railroads, Averell moved toward southwestern Virginia with the purpose of disputing movement on the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad. The second column, under Brigadier General Alfred DuffiĆ©, destroyed enemy military property en route, while Averell probed for Confederate defenders.
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