Spear's cavalry burns the depot and bridge at Hanover Junction, Va.
June 27, 1863, Hanover Junction (Doswell), Virginia.
- Date
- June 27, 1863
- Where
- Hanover Junction (Doswell), Virginia
- What happened
- Burned
- Event
- 73 of 174
Halleck ordered Dix to threaten Richmond and destroy its railroad bridges while Lee was in Pennsylvania. Col. Samuel P. Spear's raid beat the regiment guarding the junction, destroyed the South Anna River bridge and the quartermaster's depot, and took supplies, wagons and 100 prisoners, including W. H. F. "Rooney" Lee.
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