Beefsteak Raid

Quando

1864

Tipo

Operação militar

Coordenadas

37.30° N, 77.17° W

Description

1864 military raid in the American Civil War

Date from

year in its Wikidata description

Part of the American Civil War

The Beefsteak Raid was a Confederate cavalry raid that took place in September 1864 as part of the Siege of Petersburg during the American Civil War. Confederate Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton led a force of 3,000 troopers of the Confederate States Army on what was to become a 100-mile (160 km) ride to acquire cattle that were intended for consumption by the Union Army, which was laying a combined siege to the cities of Rich…

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