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Hurricane Bridge Skirmish WV386 |
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Federal troops of the 13th Virginia Volunteer Infantry, commanded by Colonel W.R. Brown, encamped here, were engaged in a five-hour skirmish with a Confederate force commanded by General Albert G. Jenkins, March 28, 1863. Defeated, the Confederates withdrew and continued their march toward their objective, Point Pleasant, where it was rumored that a vast quantity of Federal stores was deposited.
US 60, at junction with WV 34, Hurricane Putnam County West Virginia.
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West Virginia 