Battle of Cloyd's Mountain

Battle of Cloyd's Mountain
	Part of American Civil War
	; Pulaski County, location of the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain
Date	May 9, 1864
Location	Pulaski County, Virginia
Result	Union victory Virginia and Tennessee Railroad destroyed;
Belligerents
United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
George Crook; Carr B. White; Horatio G. Sickel	Albert G. Jenkins †; John McCausland
Strength
6,100	2,400
Casualties and losses
688	538

37°10′28.5″N 80°42′32.4″W

The Battle of Cloyd's Mountain was a Union victory in western Virginia on May 9, 1864, that allowed the Union forces to destroy a large bridge on the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad. The railroad was used to carry Confederate troops and supplies, and served important lead and salt mines. It also helped connect the Confederate capital of Richmond with Tennessee, and had telegraph wires along its line for communications. The fight had a high percentage of casualties for both sides, and the Confederate commander, Brigadier General Albert G. Jenkins, was mortally wounded.

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