Potter's raid strikes Rocky Mount
July 1863, Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
- Date
- July 1863
- Where
- Rocky Mount, North Carolina
- What happened
- Burned
- Event
- 76 of 174
Potter's Union cavalry from New Bern sent a detachment to Rocky Mount to burn the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad bridge, and the raiders burned the mill that supplied Confederate yarn and cloth. Confederates restored rail service on the line by August.
The line
Nearby
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