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The Battle of Cool Spring, also known as Castleman's Ferry, Island Ford, Parker's Ford, and Snicker's Ferry, was a battle in the American Civil War fought July 17–18, 1864, in Clarke County, Virginia, as part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864. The battle was a Confederate victory.
It encompasses 17 contributing buildings, 26 contributing sites, and 11 contributing structures. The district includes the terrain and hydrography over which the Battle of Cool Spring, July 16–20, 1864, was fought and which served to shape the tactical progress of the engagement in time and space. The district also includes the archaeological ...
The 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry then became part of the Eighth Corps when General Crook succeeded Hunter as commander and, on July 18, lost an additional 14 men as it helped to defeat the forces of Early and Breckenridge at Snicker's Gap during the Battle of Cool Spring. Engaged in "a daring charge down the Winchester Pike" on July 24, according ...
City of Fredericksburg: First Battle of Fredericksburg; Second Battle of Fredericksburg; Clarke County: Battle of Cool Spring; Battle of Berryville
The following day the pitched Battle of Cool Spring, or Snickers Ferry, was fought on its western slope as Union infantry tried unsuccessfully to force a crossing of the Shenandoah River. On the 19th, Mosby's Rangers engaged a detachment of Federal cavalry that was dispatched south to Ashby's Gap to conduct a flanking movement on Early's lines.
The gap was the scene of many small American Civil War skirmishes, and part of the Battle of Cool Spring (sometimes referred to as the "Battle of Snicker's Gap") took place there. Portion of the 1944 Berryville, Virginia topographic map showing route 7 crossing Snickers Gap on Blue Ridge Mountain west of Bluemont.
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Battle of Old Town (U.S. Civil War 1864 Valley Campaign) ... Battle of Cedar Creek order of battle: Union; Battle of Cool Spring; F. Battle of Fisher's Hill;