Opération militaire

Catoctin Station Raid

17 juin 1863 · 39.31° N, 77.56° W

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17 juin 1863
Type
Opération militaire
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39.31° N, 77.56° W
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battle of the American Civil War

Raid on Catoctin Station

Battle of the American Civil War

The raid on Catoctin Station was executed against a train passing through the Catoctin Station on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on June 17, 1863 by Confederate cavalry forces, during the movement north into Maryland by Gen. Robert E. Lee early in the Gettysburg campaign. Union Army forces further west, in the city of Winchester, Virginia, had just been routed by Lt.Gen.

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