Crook burns Dublin Depot and the New River railroad bridge
May 10, 1864, Dublin, Virginia.
- Date
- May 10, 1864
- Where
- Dublin, Virginia
- What happened
- Burned
- Event
- 106 of 174
After winning at Cloyd's Mountain on May 9, Crook's force burned the Dublin Depot, the regional Confederate commissary and quartermaster center, and the 780-foot bridge over the New River about eight miles east. The Virginia and Tennessee carried troops, raw materials and food from southwest Virginia east. The damage was repaired in about a month.
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