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Saltville Battlefields Historic District is a historic American Civil War battlefield and national historic district located around Saltville, in Smyth County and Washington County, Virginia. The district includes 3 contributing buildings, 31 contributing sites, 4 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object near Saltville.
The Second Battle of Saltville (December 20–21, 1864), was fought near the town of Saltville, Virginia, during the American Civil War. After the defeat of General Stephen G. Burbridge 's expedition against Saltville, Union General George Stoneman reassembled a force to destroy the saltworks there.
2 October - Saltville, Virginia - Battle of Saltville I. 21 October - Harrodsburg, Kentucky - an engagement. 12 December - Hopkinsville, Kentucky - an engagement 13 December - Kingsport, Tennessee (flanking movement & skirmishing) 17–18 December 1864, Marion, Virginia - Battle of Marion. 20–21 December - Saltville, Virginia - Battle of ...
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Saltville Historic District is a national historic district located at Saltville, Smyth County, Virginia. The district includes 104 contributing buildings and 3 contributing sites in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Saltville. It includes a variety of residential and commercial buildings primarily dating from ...
Second Battle of Saltville (December 20–21, 1864) This page was last edited on 19 September 2024 ...
The First Battle of Saltville (October 2, 1864) was fought near the town of Saltville, Virginia, during the American Civil War. The battle over significant Confederate saltworks in town was fought by both regular and Home Guard Confederate units against regular U.S. Army troops, which included two of the few black cavalry units of the United ...
The Confederate Army knew that Union forces were on the move as early as May 2, and moved Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan with two brigades to Saltville from East Tennessee. [19] His First Brigade was commanded by Colonel Henry Giltner, and consisted of the 4th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment, the 10th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment, and the 10th ...