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Molly Tynes's Ride
Gratton Rd,
VA ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
37° 7' 30.7236",
-81° 27' 58.1796"
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Virginia State
Historical Marker
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To the north stood Rocky Dell, the home of Samuel Tynes. In July 1863, during the Civil War, Union Col. John T. Toland led a cavalry expedition from West Virginia to destroy the Virginia & Tennessee R.R. at Wytheville. The Federals camped nearby on 17 July, and when Tynes discovered their objective he sent his twenty-six-year-old daughter Mary (Molly) Elizabeth Tynes to alert the town's defenders. She rode all night, a distance of some forty miles. Confederate reinforcements arrived in time to stiffen resistance, and the Federals inflicted little damage; Toland himself was killed in the fight.
Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00 |
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Related Themes: C.S.A., Confederate States of America, Confederacy, Union States
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