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Near Dublin in Pulaski County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Battle of Cloyd's Mountain

 
 
Battle of Cloyd's Mountain Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bernard Fisher, April 2, 2011
1. Battle of Cloyd's Mountain Marker
Inscription. Just to the west took place the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain, May 9, 1864. The Union General Crook, raiding to destroy the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad (N.&W.), met and repulsed General A. G. Jenkins, who was mortally wounded.
 
Erected 1938 by Conservation & Development Commission. (Marker Number KE-5.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources series list. A significant historical date for this entry is May 9, 1864.
 
Location. 37° 7.704′ N, 80° 41.68′ W. Marker is near Dublin, Virginia, in Pulaski County. Marker is at the intersection of Cleburne Boulevard (Virginia Route 100) and Laboratory Street (Virginia Route 790), on the right when traveling south on Cleburne Boulevard. Marker is located at Cleburne Wayside. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Dublin VA 24084, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Battle of Cloyd's Farm (within shouting distance of this marker); Rearguard Action (within shouting distance of this marker); New Dublin Presbyterian Church (approx. 0.3 miles away); New River Ordnance Plant (approx. 2 miles away); American Veterans
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(approx. 2.2 miles away); World War II Home Front (approx. 2½ miles away); Marine Corporal Lewis Kenneth Bausell (approx. 3.3 miles away); a different marker also named Battle of Cloyd’s Mountain (approx. 3.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dublin.
 
Also see . . .  Battle of Cloyd’s Mountain. Virginia Center for Civil War Studies, Virginia Tech (Submitted on April 3, 2011.) 
 
Cleburne Wayside (facing west) image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bernard Fisher, April 2, 2011
2. Cleburne Wayside (facing west)
View of the Battlefield, West of the Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By J. J. Prats, May 30, 2011
3. View of the Battlefield, West of the Marker
Grave of Capt. Christopher Cleburne image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bernard Fisher, April 2, 2011
4. Grave of Capt. Christopher Cleburne
Capt. Cleburne, brother of Confederate General Patrick Cleburne, was mortally wounded during the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain. His dying wish was to be buried on the battlefield (the grave has been moved about 35 yards from its original location).
Nearby marker with missing plaque image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bernard Fisher, April 2, 2011
5. Nearby marker with missing plaque
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 11, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 3, 2011, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,926 times since then and 55 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 3, 2011, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.   3. submitted on July 5, 2011, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.   4, 5. submitted on April 3, 2011, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.

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