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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: June 12, 2017
Caption: Action at Mount Zion Church
Additional Description: In this action east of Aldie, Major Forbes and his cavalry are completely overwhelmed by Mosby's Rangers. Forbes was captured and Union troopers lost 12 killed , 37 wounded, 38 missing, for total casualties of 87 men. Mosby's Rangers lost 1 mortally wounded and 4 to 8 wounded. The remainder of the Union cavalry fled the field down the Old Carolina Road in the direction of Sudley Mills.Close-up of map on marker
Submitted: June 15, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p385703
File Size: 2.509 Megabytes

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