The Burning Raid

Ne zaman

28 Kas 1864 – 2 Ara 1864

Tür

Askeri harekât

Koordinatlar

39.11° N, 77.70° W

Description

1864 Union raid during American Civil War

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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