![]() This mine supplied lead for about one third of the Confederate Army's munitions, while the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad transported Confederate troops and supplies plus telegraph wires along the railroad line were vital for communications. The location of Wytheville, the county seat of Wythe County in southwestern Virginia, had strategic importance because of a nearby lead mine and the railroad that served it. Union Colonel John Toland led a brigade of over 800 men against a Confederate force of about 130 soldiers and 120 civilians. 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 losses included two colonels and a captain. Union troops captured town but retreated hours later. ![]() USA Report: 75 killed, unknown wounded, 125 prisoners (paroled) 11 killed, 32 wounded, 17 prisoners, 26 missing
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