Battle of Kabletown
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- 1st Petersburg
- 2nd Petersburg
- Jerusalem Plank Road
- Wilson–Kautz Raid
- Staunton River Bridge
- Sappony Church
- 1st Ream's Station
- 1st Deep Bottom
- Crater
- 2nd Deep Bottom
- Globe Tavern
2nd Ream's Station- Beefsteak Raid
Chaffin's Farm- Peebles' Farm
- Vaughan Road
- Darbytown & New Market Roads
- Darbytown Road
- Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road
- Boydton Plank Road
- Trent's Reach
- Hatcher's Run
- Fort Stedman
The Battle of Kabletown took place 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
External links
- Identifying more unknowns: Blazer’s Scouts killed in the Kabletown fight against Mosby’s Rangers by Robert Moore.