What the records say
- When
- 28 Nov 1864 – 2 Dec 1864
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 39.11° N, 77.70° W
- Description
- 1864 Union raid during American Civil War
Burning Raid
1864 Union raid during American Civil War
The Burning Raid was a Union raid conducted in the Loudoun Valley of Loudoun and Fauquier counties in Virginia in 1864 during the American Civil War. It was aimed at destroying the forage on which Confederate partisans operating in the area, specifically Mosby's Rangers, subsisted as well as at breaking the will of the citizens of the area for supporting the partisans.
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