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The Battle of Cove Mountain was a minor skirmish of the American Civil War. The battle took place on May 10, 1864, in the southwest corner of Virginia near Cove Mountain in Wythe County.
On that day, Union Brigadier General William W. Averell's brigade encountered a Confederate brigade under the command of Brig. Gen. William E. "Grumble" Jones. After a brief engagement, the Confederate forces withdrew. The next day, Averell reached the New River Bridge on the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad, which he burned.
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