Created by Tom Horn on 8 Dec 2009, Last Update on 16 Jan 2010

Morton's Ford - 6 Feb 1864

To distract attention from a planned cavalry-infantry raid up the Virginia Peninsula on Richmond, the Union Army of the Potomac forced several crossings of the Rapidan River. The attacks stalled and union army withdrew overnight.

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Tags : Virginia,Land,Combat

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