Battle of Cloyd's Mountain

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Battle of Cloyd's Mountain
Part of American Civil War
Pulaski County, location of the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain
Date May 9, 1864 (1864-05-09) Location Pulaski County, Virginia Result Union victory Virginia and Tennessee Railroad destroyed
Belligerents
United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
George Crook Carr B. White Horatio G. Sickel	Albert G. Jenkins  † John McCausland
Strength
6,100	2,400
Casualties and losses
688	538

The Battle of Cloyd's Mountain was a Union victory in western Virginia on May 9, 1864, that allowed the Union forces to destroy a large bridge on the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad. The railroad was used to carry Confederate troops and supplies, and served important lead and salt mines. It also helped connect the Confederate capital of Richmond with Tennessee, and had telegraph wires along its line for communications. The fight had a high percentage of casualties for both sides, and the Confederate commander, Brigadier General Albert G. Jenkins, was mortally wounded.