Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Droop mountain” in chapter 6, page 87 of Col. Robert White, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 2.2, West Virginia:
...is post on New creek, the great object of his raid, the destruction of a part of the Virginia & Tennessee railroad, having been defeated by the gallant stand made by Echols, Jackson and Patton at Droop mountain .
The battle, though a technical defeat, was a tactical victory.
On November 17th a Federal cavalry expedition left Charlestown with 700 men under Col. W. H. Boyd, encountered Confederate skirmi...
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| † | Droop Mountain (West Virginia, United States) | 112 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 user votes | |
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