As the Civil War neared an end in 1865, Union cavalry commander Major General George Stoneman mounted a raid from Tennessee across the Blue Ridge Mountains into western North Carolina. His troops passed right through McDowell County and some excellent stories have been handed down about the his raiders’ unwelcome visits to homes in the area. Stoneman’s [...]
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A Civil War Story of Stoneman’s Raiders…and A Gift They Left Behind
Posted in Civil War, _Interviewee: Gwen Bradsher, _Interviewee: Nancy Greenlee, tagged Civil War, mcdowell county, oral history, Stoneman's Raid on August 13, 2009 |
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