Stoneman's Raid .. N 10
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GeoGordie
N 36° 07.237 W 081° 40.052
17S E 439928 N 3997533
After Gen. Stoneman’s raid in Boone, NC .. Stoneman and his troops passed through the small community of Blowing Rock, NC
Waymark Code: WMMTM
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 08/20/2006
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Stoneman's Raid March 23 - April 26, 1865
Facing only scattered detachments of regular troops and a few home-guard units, the raiders moved through the state virtually unopposed.
On March 28 they plundered the village of Boone, passing trough Blowing Rock,NC .... the next day they captured Wilkesboro, where "they came in with a yell and ran completely through the place, frightening a small body of Confederates out of their wits and out of the place."
On April 2 they turned north and crossed into Virginia, where they spent a week destroying 150 miles of the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad.
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