First Battle of Saltville (Q3401918)

matcher place: Virginia (relation 224042), Smyth County (relation 2532637)
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English Wikipedia categories: 1864 in Virginia, Battles of the American Civil War in Virginia, Battles of the Western Theater of the American Civil War, Confederate victories of the American Civil War, Conflicts in 1864, History of salt, Massacres committed by the Confederate States of America, Military history of African Americans in the American Civil War, October 1864 events, Smyth County, Virginia

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The First Battle of Saltville (October 2, 1864) was fought near the town of Saltville, Virginia, during the American Civil War. The battle over significant Confederate saltworks in town was fought by both regular and Home Guard Confederate units against regular U.S. Army troops, which included two of the few black cavalry units of the United States Colored Troops. U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Stephen G. Burbridge, then commander of U.S. forces in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, led the U.S. Army troops.

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