Sheridan wrecks the James River canal locks near Goochland
March 1865, Goochland Court House, Virginia.
- Date
- March 1865
- Where
- Goochland Court House, Virginia
- What happened
- Cut
- Event
- 151 of 174
From Charlottesville, Sheridan raided south and destroyed the James River and Kanawha Canal locks near Goochland Court House. In Fluvanna County Union soldiers burned mills and bridges and damaged the canal, and they skirmished with home guard at Palmyra on March 10. Sheridan joined Grant near Petersburg on March 26, and the canal damage was never fully repaired.
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