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Podcast: Battles Of The American Civil War
Episode: Swift Creek | Cloyd's Mountain | Chester Station | Cove Mountain
Description: Fresh off the Battle Of The Wilderness and Spotsylvania Courthouse, we take a break from the main armies of both sides we have two battles from the Bermuda Hundred Campaign and two from the Crook-Averell Raid. First up, the battle of Swift Creek fought on May 9th, 1864 in Chesterfield County, VA where Union Major General Benjamin Butler looks to destroy a local railroad. Also on May 9th, in Pulaski County, VA, we have the battle of Cloyd's Mountain in which Union Birgadier General George Crook destroys a major bridge on the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad used by Confederates to carry...