On This Day in West Virginia History, March 28th

March 28, 2023

Mountaineer News

Vintage West Virginia

On March 28, 1863, a detachment of the 13th West Virginia Infantry repelled a Confederate attack led by General Albert Gallatin Jenkins at Hurricane Bridge.

Learn more: Report of Captain James W. Johnson, 13th West Virginia Infantry Poem Entitled "Battle of Hurricane Bridge!" Description of Jenkins's Raid Replacement of Emory J. Bridgeman, Killed at the Battle of Hurricane Bridge "War-Time Reminiscences of James D. Sedinger, Company E, 8th Virginia Cavalry" Document-Based Questions