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 Berryville Wagon Train Raid Posted by:  flyingmoose
N 39° 10.034 W 077° 58.431
18S E 243072 N 4339548
Located along route 340 south north of Berryville
Waymark Code: WMW4G
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 10/22/2006
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Berryville Wagon Train Raid
Just after dawn on 13 Aug. 1864, Col. John
Singleton Mosby and 300 of his 43d Battalion
Partisan Rangers attacked the rear section of
Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan's 600-vehicle wagon
train here. The train, headed for Winchester,
carried supplies for Sheridan's cavalry. Mosby
surprised and routed the Federals as they rested,
cooked breakfast, and hitched their horses.
Mosby's men, losing only one killed and one
mortally wounded, captured 200 beef cattle,
500-600 horses, 100 wagons, and 200 soldiers.
The raid ended by 6:30 a.m. Berryville's citizens,
including many small boys, helped burn the
wagons after liberating their contents.
Marker Number: J 1
Marker Title: Berryville Wagon Train Raid
Marker Location: Berryville
County or Independent City: Clark
Marker Program Sponsor: Department of Historic Resources, 1997
Web Site: Not listed
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