Battle of Cloyd's Mountain

Just to the west took place the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain, May 9, 1864. The Union General Crook, raiding to destroy the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad (N.&W.), met and repulsed General A. G. Jenkins, who was mortally wounded.

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Battle of Cloyd’s Mountain

In April 1864 Grant ordered Brig. Gen. George Crook to cut the Virginia & Tennessee RR in Southwest Virginia. Near Cloyd’s Mountain, five miles north of Dublin, on 9 May Crook battled Confederate defenders commanded by Brig. Gen. Albert G. ...

Battle of Round Mountain

The Warriors Monument

In Commemoration of the

1776

Battle of Round Mountain

(located Northwest of here)

in which Captain Thomas Howard

with his brave followers and

and faithful Indian guide, Skyuka,

won the battel against the Cherokee

Relocated by

Polk County Historical Association

2007

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Battle at South Mountain

A Natural Barrier

The Battle of South Mountain erupted on September 14, 1862, when elements of the Union army tried to drive the Confederate rear guard from Crampton’s, Fox’s, and Turner’s Gaps and break through to the western side of the ...

Battle Mountain

Custer’s Early “Last Stand”

(Preface): After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, he led the Army of Northern Virginia west to the Shenandoah Valley, then north through central Maryland and across the Mason-Dixon Line ...