Battle of Kabletown
Battle of Kabletown | |||||||
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Part of American Civil War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States | Confederacy | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Richard R. Blazer | John S. Mosby | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Blazer's Scouts | 43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
27 | unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Kabletown was a battle between Confederate and Union forces near the end of the American Civil War.[1] Captain John S. Mosby, with nine companies of cavalry, defeated Captain Richard R. Blazer's outnumbered Blazer's Scouts.
Background[]
In late 1864, General Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign came to a close. He had laid siege to Petersburg. Captain Blazer's Scouts, a Union company, had already raided the city of Lynchburg, Virginia in the campaign against Richmond. Captain John S. Mosby of the Confederates decided to stop these raids against Virginia by bringing them to battle. On November 18, 1864, the forces met at Kabletown, West Virginia.
Battle[]
Mosby had nine companies, the 43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry, to Captain Richard R. Blazer's one. Mosby was able to defeat Blazer's Scouts due to superior numbers, inflicting 27 casualties. Of the entire number in Blazer's company, 65; 22 killed, 13 escaped and five of these were wounded.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Correspondence of Brigadier General John Stevenson". Ohio State University. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ Pancake, Henry (November 25, 1886). "Narrow Escape". Ironton Register via Robert Moore. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
External links[]
- Petersburg Campaign
- Battles of the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
- Jefferson County, West Virginia in the American Civil War
- 1864 in West Virginia
- Battles of the American Civil War in West Virginia
- November 1864 events