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Allegany County, Maryland
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Early’s Raid and Operations against the B&O Railroad
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After burning Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, on July 30, 1864, Johnson’s and McCausland’s Confederate cavalry brigades rode towards Cumberland, Maryland, to disrupt the B&O Railroad. Brig. Gen. Benjamin Kelly organized a small force of soldiers and citizens to meet the Confederate advance. On August 1, Kelly ambushed Rebel cavalrymen near Cumberland at Folck’s Mill, and skirmishing continued for several hours. Eventually the Confederates withdrew. (NPS summary)
Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early's Raid and Operations Against the B&O Railroad, June-August 1864 |
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Battles of the American Civil War: 1864 |
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| Eastern Theater | | | Western Theater | | | Trans-Mississippi Theater | | | Lower Seaboard Theater | | | Naval | |
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