JULY 6, 1864:
After
couping $20,000 from Hagerstown, Maryland, Jubal Early C.S.A.’s forces turn
toward Washington D.C.
Further east, in Virginia, Colonel John Singleton Mosby and
his Rangers raid the town of Aldie, after attacking Point o’ Rocks, Maryland
earlier in the day. The Union forces facing Mosby take relatively heavy
casualties, with 12 dead, 37 wounded and 57 captured. Mosby’s Rangers suffer
one man killed.
The Battle of Benton: In Arkansas, Union troops raid a
gathering Confederate force near the town of Benton.
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