Battle of Kabletown

Battle of Kabletown
Part of American Civil War
Date November 18, 1864 Location Kabletown, West Virginia 39°12′59″N 77°51′25″W / 39.21639°N 77.85694°W / 39.21639; -77.85694 Result Confederate victory
Belligerents
United States	Confederacy
Commanders and leaders
Richard R. Blazer	John S. Mosby
Strength
Blazer's Scouts	43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry
Casualties and losses
27	unknown
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The Battle of Kabletown took place between Confederate and Union forces near the end of the American Civil War.^[1] Captain John S. Mosby, with nine companies of cavalry, defeated Captain Richard R. Blazer's outnumbered Blazer's Scouts.

Background[edit]

In late 1864, General Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign came to a close. He had laid siege to Petersburg. Captain Blazer's Scouts, a Union company, had already raided the city of Lynchburg, Virginia in the campaign against Richmond. Captain John S. Mosby of the Confederates decided to stop these raids against Virginia by bringing them to battle. On November 18, 1864, the forces met at Kabletown, West Virginia.

Battle[edit]

Mosby had nine companies, the 43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry, to Captain Richard R. Blazer's one. Mosby was able to defeat Blazer's Scouts due to superior numbers, inflicting 27 casualties. Of the entire number in Blazer's company, 65; 22 killed, 13 escaped and five of these were wounded.^[2]

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External links[edit]

• Identifying more unknowns: Blazer’s Scouts killed in the Kabletown fight against Mosby’s Rangers by Robert Moore.