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 (1864-05-09) Location Pulaski County, Virginia Result Union victory
Belligerents
United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
George Crook	Albert G. Jenkins †
Strength
6,100	2,400
Casualties and losses
688	538

Coordinates: 37°10′28.5″N 80°42′32.4″W / 37.174583°N 80.709000°W / 37.174583; -80.709000

The Battle of Cloyd's Mountain was a Union victory in western Virginia on May 9, 1864 that allowed the Union forces to destroy the last line connecting Tennessee to Virginia.

Brigadier General George Crook commanded the Union Army of West Virginia, made up of three brigades from the Division of the Kanawha. When Ulysses S. Grant launched his spring offensive of 1864, two Union armies marched towards Richmond and a third moved into the Shenandoah Valley. Crook's troops were also involved in the offensive and began to march through the Appalachian Mountains into southwest Virginia. His objective was to destroy the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad, working in conjunction with William W. Averell's offensive, which had similar objectives. Brig. Gen. Albert G. Jenkins was in command of the few scattered Confederate units protecting the rail lines. He had only assumed command only the day before Crook's army began to approach the railroad.

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