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The Wytheville Raid or Toland's Raid (July 18, 1863) was an attack by an undersized Union brigade on a Confederate town during the American Civil War. Union Colonel John Toland led a brigade of over 800 men against a Confederate force of about 130 soldiers and 120 civilians.
The Battle of Cove Mountain occurred in Wythe County, Virginia, on May 10, 1864, during the American Civil War.A Union cavalry division commanded by Brigadier General William W. Averell was prevented from attacking a lead mine located near Wytheville.
Wytheville's population was 8,264 at the 2020 census. [6] Interstate Highways 77 and 81 were constructed to intersect at the town. During the American Civil War, Wytheville had a strategic importance. It was attacked in 1863 (Toland's Raid) and 1865 (Stoneman's 1865 Raid).
It has a side gable roof and a two-story frame ell terminating in a demi-octagonal end. The Rock House was used as a hospital during the Battle of Wytheville during Civil War. The building houses a museum sponsored by the Wythe County Historical Society. [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. [1]
The 51st Virginia was formed in August 1861, with eleven companies, but Company L was later assigned to the 23rd Virginia Infantry Battalion. Its members were recruited in the counties of Patrick, Wythe, Nelson, Bland, Floyd, and Grayson. During the war it started in General Floyd's and Gabriel C. Wharton's Brigade.
The tower was originally built in 1947 and has been run continuously by the Kime family. [3] According to the Virginia Department of Tourism, the tower is located at a mountain pass used by Molly Tynes, a woman who warned the town of Wytheville of impending raids by John Toland during the Civil War. [4]
Withers died at the "Ingleside" plantation in Wytheville on September 21, 1907. He was buried in the East End Cemetery in Wytheville. In 1846 Withers married Mary Virginia Royall, with whom he had eight children, one of whom, Betty Ellison Withers Putney, was an advocate for women's suffrage in the early 20th Century. [9]
The Wythe County Shot Tower is unique for several reasons. Unlike most other shot towers, which were constructed of brick, this shot tower was built of limestone.The 2.5-foot-thick solid stone walls not only made the structure stronger, but kept its interior temperature cooler and more consistent, improving the quality of the shot it produced.