Cavalry Skirmish
Near here, December 28, 1862, Confederate cavalry attacked Union vedettes and drove them in. The Unionists, reinforced, repulsed the attack.
1948 text, presented as a historical document.
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Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)
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