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Battle Details

Location

Other Areas

Dates

June 17-18, 1864

Forces Engaged

Corps (16,643 US; approximately 14,000 CS)

Estimated Causalties

900 total

Result

Confederate victory

17,350 acres Still need protection

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Battle of Lynchburg

June 17-18, 1864

Description:

From Lexington, Maj. Gen. David Hunter advanced against the Confederate rail and canal depots and the hospital complex at Lynchburg. Reaching the outskirts of town on June 17, his first tentative attacks were thwarted by the timely arrival by rail of Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early’s II Corps vanguard from Charlottesville. Hunter withdrew the next day after sporadic fighting because of a critical shortage of supplies. His line of retreat through West Virginia took his army out of the war for nearly a month and opened the Shenandoah Valley for a Confederate advance into Maryland.

Visitor Information:

The landscape and terrain of the battlefield have been altered beyond recognition, but visitors can still visit key sites such as Fort Early, Historic Sandusky, and the Lynchburg Museum. For more information, see the Discover Lynchburg website here.