Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Averill” in page 314 of Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3.:
...ened his command by sending Averill, with his two thousand horsemen, to destroy the lead mines near Wytheville, while he advanced with his six thousand infantry toward Dublin Station, farther east.
Averill 's descent upon Wytheville and its vicinity was no more fruitful of benefit
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