Stoneman's cavalry cuts the railroads around Greensboro
April 11, 1865, Reedy Fork to High Point, North Carolina.
- Date
- April 11, 1865
- Where
- Reedy Fork to High Point, North Carolina
- What happened
- Burned
- Event
- 167 of 174
Palmer's brigade burned the Piedmont Railroad bridge over Reedy Fork north of Greensboro and destroyed trains, bridges and stores between Greensboro and High Point. At High Point a depot holding 1,700 bales of cotton was burned.
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