The daily mail train had left Baltimore, Maryland, bound for Wheeling in West Virginia. About sixteen miles after passing Cumberland, Maryland, Confederate irregulars waylaid the locomotive, robbed the passengers of their cash and valuables, and set the carriages afire before escaping. No injuries were reported. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
"Capture of a Mail Train by Guerillas near Green Spring," New York Herald, April 1, 1865, p. 8.
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Battles/Soldiers