White House Bridge

White House Bridge

White House Bridge is located west of Luray, Virginia. During the Civil War on 2 June, 1862, Stonewall Jackson's cavalry chief Turner Ashby burned this bridge to slow down Federal pursuit of their forces. The battles of Cross Keys and Port Republic were fought a week later. Earlier that year, during April and May 1862, the steamer "Corwin" with Thomas Stowell Phelps in command, had stopped Confederate forces from destroying the bridge.cite web | title=Thomas Stowell Phelps, Sr. Rear Admiral, United States Navy| url=http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/tsphelps.htm | accessdate=2009-09-21|date=19 November 2006]

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