What the records say
- When
- 1864
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 38.33° N, 77.05° W
- Description
- 1864 incident between the United States and the Confederate States during the Civil War
Placed at the town its title names, Dahlgren.
Dahlgren affair
1864 American Civil War incident
The Dahlgren affair was an incident during the American Civil War which stemmed from a failed Union raid on the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia in March 1864. Brigadier General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick and Colonel Ulric Dahlgren led an attack on Richmond to free Union prisoners from Belle Isle and damage Confederate infrastructure.
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