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Union Gen. W. W. Averell was ordered south from Moorefield to destroy saltpeter works near Franklin
Averell's Raid of August 1863 was the first of three Union cavalry raids launched from West Virginia toward Confederate railroads and troop and supply concentrations in western Virginia during the latter half of 1863. The second raid in November c...
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