Battle of Buffington Island

Quando

19 de jul. de 1863

Tipo

Batalha

Coordenadas

39.00° N, 81.78° W

Description

1863 battle of the American Civil War

Part of the American Civil War

The Battle of Buffington Island, also known as the St. Georges Creek Skirmish, was an American Civil War engagement in Meigs County, Ohio, and Jackson County, West Virginia, on July 19, 1863, during Morgan's Raid. The largest battle in Ohio during the war, Buffington Island contributed to the capture of the Confederate Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan, who was fleeing U.S.

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