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Confederate cavalry, three thousand strong and under the command of General Wade Hampton made an audacious raid on Union cattle pens at Coggin's Point, Virginia. They secured and transported back to their lines a reported 2,485 cattle and 304 human prisoners. Known ever since as the "Beefsteak Raid," the effort raised Confederate morale and fed their troops, for a time, at least. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
Chronicles of the Great Rebellion Against the United States of America ... (Philadelphia, A. Winch, 1867), 84.
Record Data
Date Certainty
Exact
Type
Battles/Soldiers
