Battle At Walkerton

Location : King and Queen County.

Campaign: Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid.

Date : March 2, 1864.

Principal Commanders : Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick and Col. Ulric Dahlgren [CS]; Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton [CS].

Estimated Casualties : Unknown.

On March 2, Col. Ulric Dahlgren`s (Confederte) detachment of about 100 troops was ambushed by a detachment of the 9th Virginia Cavalry and Home Guards in King and Queen County near Walkerton. Dahlgren was killed. Papers found on Dahlgren’s dead body, indicated orders for him to burn Richmond and assassinate President Jefferson Davis and his cabinet. This find caused a political outrage.

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