Swannanoa Gap

Used by Indians and

pioneers in crossing

Blue Ridge. General

Rutherford's expedition

against Cherokee passed

here, September, 1776.

Marker is on Yates Avenue near Kitazuma Road, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Swannanoa Gap Engagement

Blocking the Way

Stoneman's Raid

On March 24, 1865, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 6,000 cavalrymen from Tennessee into southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina to disrupt the Confederate supply line by destroying sections of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, ...