Gilmor burns the PW&B bridge over the Gunpowder River
July 11, 1864, Magnolia Station, Maryland.
- Date
- July 11, 1864
- Where
- Magnolia Station, Maryland
- What happened
- Burned
- Event
- 115 of 174
Gilmor led 135 Maryland cavalrymen to destroy the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore bridge at Magnolia Station. They stopped two northbound trains from Baltimore, set the second on fire and backed it onto the bridge, burning through the draw section. Union Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin was aboard the first train.
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