BA000921

Bunker Hill, West Virginia

January. 1, 1864

Event ID # BA 000921

Federal Troops Engaged: Scouts of the 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry.

The scouting party reported that about 4 o'clock in the morn ing they captured 4 of the Confederates 4 miles north of Winchester, that they were afterward pursued by 30 Confederate cavalry to Bunker Hill, where the prisoners were recaptured, but the report was subsequently discredited by both Gen. Averell and Gen. Kelley.