The Road to Mount Airy Depot
On July 13, 1863, Union Col. John T. Toland led 872 officers and men of the 34th Regiment Mounted Ohio Volunteer Infantry from Camp Piatt, West Virginia, into Southwest Virginia to attack the railroads, telegraphs and salt and lead mines essential to the Confederated cause. Here, about six miles north of Wytheville, Toland detached companies D and F of the 2nd West Virginia Cavalry under Capts. George Millard and Alexander H. Ruker and ordered them to destroy the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad tracks at Mount Airy Depot (present-day Rural Retreat), Virginia.HM Number | HM19TY |
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Series | This marker is part of the Virginia Civil War Trails series |
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Placed By | Virginia Civil War Trails |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 at 8:52pm PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 17S E 483941 N 4091060 |
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Decimal Degrees | 36.96550000, -81.18040000 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 36° 57.93', W 81° 10.824' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 36° 57' 55.80" N, 81° 10' 49.44" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 276 |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 2-28 State Rte 680, Wytheville VA 24382, US |
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