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Lynchburg Battle 6 ◆ THE NEWS & ADVANCE ◆ newsadvance.com JUNE 2014 ◆ 7 Number of troops involved in battle CAMPBELL MAN SCOUTS FOR SOUTH Hunter’s Raid !!!!!!!! 150th ANNIVERSARY THE BATTLE OF LYNCHBURG !!!!!!!! Staunton = 1,000 Union soldiers » Maj. Robert Saunders, of Union applies scorched earth tactics Campbell County, scouted Union » Maj. Gen. David Hunter led about 18,000 Union troops = 1,000 Confederate soldiers Maj. Gen. David Hunter’s position in the into the Battle of Piedmont on June 5, 1864. From Lexington South, according to“Campaign and Battle there, the troops went through Staunton, Lexington of Lynchburg,Va.” He also fought with Brig. (where they seized VMI’s bronze statue of George Ja LOCAL HELPS STALL Gen.John McCausland and Brig. Gen. m Confederate Washington) and Buchanan, burning down buildings es Hunter’s Raid John Imboden at the Quaker Riv HUNTER AT BEDFORD and other structures along the way, according to er route » Confederate Col. J.W. Watts, of Liberty Meeting House. Natural “Hunter’s Raid: Defending Hearth and Home.” Bridge (now Bedford), was assigned to a group of EARLY’S Buchanon » Early’s force by June 18, 1864 troops that blocked Union Maj. Gen. ay rkw David Hunter’s advance from Buchanan RIGHT-HAND MAN Pa e Peaks of Otter to Peaks of Otter, according to“Campaign » John Warrick Daniel, Ridg deception leads to Blue Lynchburg Total number of casualties* and Battle of Lynchburg,Va.” of Lynchburg, was Jubal Early’s chief of The blockcade bought Confederates staff during the Civil War. He arrived with Hanging Rock Early on the fi rst train to Lynchburg to in Lynchburg more time to Bedford prepare for battle. defend the city from Union forces, New London = 100 deaths according to the Battle of Lynchburg Source: Huntersraid.org * Historic Sandusky director Greg Starbuck video tour. Daniel would go on says he has heard anywhere from “200 to LORI Union confusion F DA to become a fi ve-term Present-day N 900” casualties. ARKA SAS Riverside Hunter vs. McCausland: Part I SO MIS URI senator. NTU Park KE CKY » On June 15, Hunter’s army passed through the BY JON NESS •THE NEWS & ADVANCE GEORG IA Peaks of Otter and reached Liberty, according A BA AL M A NNESS TE EE to the Battle of Lynchburg driving tour. Hunter’s he Battle of Lynchburg took place June 17-18, 1864, as part of Hunter’s Raid, an offensive ordered by Union Gen. Ulysses S. OUI S IAN 6 Old City Cemetery serves as ‘resting place’ L A army, which was made up of two infantry S S I S S I M I P MAJ. GEN. ROBERT Grant aimed at destroying the Shenandoah Valley and railroad network link in Lynchburg that supplied the Confederate PI » Built in 1806, the cemetery is the oldest in Lynchburg and includes divisions, two cavalry divisions and six artillery THCARO OU LIN S A R O D E S batteries drove back Confederate Tarmy around Richmond. Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee ordered Lt. Gen. Jubal Early’s Second Corps to stop Union Maj. La Civil War soldiers from the South, and for a short time, some Union CAR RTH OL nghorne NO IN Brig. Gen. John McCausland’s Gen. David Hunter’s advance to Lynchburg. The battle occurred in a number of spots in the city, including the Quaker Meeting AND A troops, according to the Battle of Lynchburg driving tour. It also included GI VIR NIA much smaller forces, setting up the SOLDIERS those who fought in the Battle of Lynchburg.The cemetery still is in use House, Fort Early and Fort McCausland. SLEE P HERE showdown in Lynchburg. Ro today. ad » The Inner Defenses ran through the cemetery, and on the nights Riv Ja ermont m Or of of June 17 and 18, the VMI Cadets Corps, which took part in the es 4 McCausland clashes with Duffié, holds left fl ank a ng Riv e battle, slept in the area. er » On June 18, Union Brig. Gen. Alfred Duffié advanced along Old Forest Road and Av & Old Jube vs. Black Dave enue Ale Downtown » A monument dedicated to fallen Confederate soldiers (left) xa 5 was met by Confederate Brig. Gen. John McCausland and his troops. The Union move n sits in the Confederate section of the cemetery. dria Lynchburg vital to was part of Maj. Gen. David Hunter’s concurrent attacks up the middle at Fort Early Ra CONFEDERACY ilr o and on the left fl ank at Fort McCausland, according to the Battle of Lynchburg ad Confederates Lt. Gen. Jubal Early driving tour. » During the Civil War, » McCausland and his troops had moved from the Quaker Meeting House downtown Lynchburg served » Born: November 3, 1816 Cr McCausland to defend the left fl ank of the defense line, located on what is now anehill as a major supply station for (Franklin County, Va.) Road Col. Augustus Co Langhorne Road. eek mmer goods needed by Confederate » Died: March 2, 1894 r Cr FORSBERG te 5 » During the two-hour fi ght, the Union faced ce Gen. Robert E. Lee’s forces in (Lynchburg,Va.) Col. John wa massive resistance from Confederate troops, Black Str Petersburg, according to the » War experience WYNKOOP BOTETOURT eet 6 Ta Brig. Gen. Gabreil including cannon fi re. McCausland and his troops BRIG. GEN. ALFRED ARTILLERY y Battle of Lynchburg driving ❖ Seminole Wars lor WHARTON (Capt. H.C. Douthat) defended a nearby railroad bridge that crossed the Str tour. ❖ Mexican-American War D U F F I É Chur Blackwater Creek and served the Virginia and Old City eet » It was the target of Maj. Gen. ❖ Civil War Cemetery MAJ. GEN. JOHN ch Duffié Road Tennessee Railroad line. Union troops withdrawed Col. R.F. Forest Str David Hunter’s attack and had » First Battle of Bull Run ad sent-Day BRECKENRIDGE Ro (Pre ad) BRIG. GEN. JOHN C. eet after unsuccessfully crossing the bridge. rest TAYLOR ghorne Ro (Lt. Gen. D.H. Hill took command due to it been successful, the attack » Battle of Williamsburg Fo Lan eet L » As Duffié continued to battle McCausland, it is said he heard Old M c C A U S L A N D Str I L Breckenridge injury until Early arrived) H probably would have sped up » Seven Days Battles B 5th trains coming in and out of town, believing the deception by Lt. Gen E G the end of the war. » Northern Virginia Campaign E Jubal Early. When Duffié heard Hunter had retreated, he followed suit. Old L Col. George » Downtown Lynchburg » Battle of Antietam Fore 4 Brig. Gen. Gabreil L st O WHARTON C PATTON eet also contained a number of » Battle of Fredericksburg Ro Str d ad » Battle of Chancellorsville Railroa Inner Defenses 12th warehouse hospitals that nnessee & Te Col. Thomas inia Warehouse housed wounded Confederate » Battle of Gettysburg Virg SMITH Present-day hospitals Col. Thomas ue soldiers. » Overland Campaign Agudath E A R L Y n UNION STRATEGY SMITH ve » Battle of Lynchburg (Valley Campaigns) Sholom A k Synagogue r » Battle of Waynesboro Pa Brig. Gen. J.C. » After the Confederate surrender, Early Grant Key sites on Confederate outer defense line VAUGHN N GEN. ARNOLD escaped to Cuba, then Canada, where he A E L Z E Y Fort Early: Earthen protection center. Campbell goes on offensive A eet worked on his memoir. He was pardoned by Present-day Court Str hous l President Andrew Jackson in 1868 and returned Memoria Miller Park Presbyterian e Road Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (above) sent three Union armies B Fort McCausland: Located west of Fort Early, the 12th to Virginia in 1869, where he was a strong Cemetery toward Richmond to battle the Confederates, earthen site was more than two miles in length and Col. George proponent of the Lost Cause movement. defended the left fl ank. according to the Battle of Lynchburg driving tour: PATTON A » Early is buried at Spring Hill Cemetery. ve 1) Army of the Potomac under Maj. Gen. George nue Inner and outer defenses Meade moved toward Richmond to battle Gen. Brig. Gen. Robert Key UNION Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. JOHNSTON » Before Lt. Gen.Jubal Early arrived in 2) Second army under Maj. Gen. William Sherman drove toward Present-day MAJ. GEN. STEPHEN Lynchburg, the Confederate forces in the Confederates Maj. Gen. David Hunter e Lynchburg Brig. Gen. Robert Georgia to battle Confederates in Tennessee. Lak city were commanded by Maj. Gen.John R A M S E U R y e College LILLEY »Born: July 21, 1802 (Troy, N.Y.) 3) Maj. Gen. David Hunter’s army moved toward lleg wa Breckenridge, who was on the mend follow- Co (Brig. Gen. Spring Hill Infantry Cavalry »Died: Feb. 2, 1886 Lynchburg to cut off the Confederates’ supply John Pegram ) Cemetery ess ing the Battle of Cold Harbor, according to the pr (Washington, D.C.) ue Ex Artillery Skirmishers route to Lee’s army in Petersburg. n Battle of Lynchburg driving tour. g ve » War experience A » Another offi cer, Lt. Gen. D.H. Hill, and his t Brig. Gen. r ❖ Second Seminole War Fo chbur troops built a defense line near downtown William n Union ❖ Mexican-American War Outer defense line LEWIS Ly Lynchburg, known as the Inner Defenses. ❖ Civil War MAJ. GEN. JOHN » When Early arrived, he felt the line needed to 1 Union seizes Sandusky for headquarters on June 17 Infantry Cavalry » First Battle of Bull Run Jubal Early G O R D O N be moved farther out from downtown. He feared » The Sandusky house, owned by Maj.
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