Created by Tom Horn on 8 Dec 2009, Last Update on 19 May 2011

Wilson's Wharf - 24 May 1864

The first combat encounter between troops from the army of Northern Virginia and African American Union soldiers. About 3,000 men attacked the Union supply depot at Wilson's Wharf. The attack was repulsed by two union regiments.

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Tags : Virginia,Land,Combat

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