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On September 3, 1862, Brigadier General Albert G. Jenkins of Virginia led 350 Confederate cavalrymen across the Ohio River near this point and advanced to Racine. After occupying the town for a few hours and seizing a dozen horses, the troop recrossed the river at Wolf's Bar. This was the first invasion of Ohio soil by Confederate troops during the Civil War.
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Ravenswood, West Virginia · United States
