Cavalry Engagement Near Hunter's Mill
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flyingmoose
N 38° 54.576 W 077° 17.049
18S E 301948 N 4309225
Located on the westbound side of Lawyers road and Kedge Drive.
Waymark Code: WM14KE9
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 07/20/2021
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Marker Text:
On 26 Nov. 1861, a 120-man detachment of Col. Robert Ransom Jr.'s 1st North Carolina Cavalry attacked 94 men of the 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry under Capt. Charles Bell. Ransom's men took Bell's detachment from the rear as the Pennsylvanians headed north on Lawyers Road out of Vienna. The panicked Union troops suffered significant losses in the two-mile long engagement, with one killed, six wounded, and 26 taken prisoner. Regarding his cavalry, recently appointed Confederate Brig. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart reported: "The result of this our first engagement with the enemy's cavalry is, I doubt not, highly satisfactory to the General-In-Chief."
Marker Number: BW 5
Marker Title: Cavalry Engagement Near Hunter's Mill
Marker Location: Roadside
County or Independent City: Fairfax
Marker Program Sponsor: Department of Historic Resources, 2011
Web Site: Not listed
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