Jackson attacks Dam No. 5 on the C&O Canal
December 1861, Dam No. 5, Potomac River, Maryland.
- Date
- December 1861
- Where
- Dam No. 5, Potomac River, Maryland
- What happened
- Raided
- Event
- 16 of 174
Jackson's forces tried to destroy the wooden crib dam to drain the upper Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and cut coal shipments to Washington. Two assaults failed to cause significant damage. With the B&O cut, the railroad had arranged in September 1861 to send Cumberland coal down the canal for free.
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