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Coordinates: 38°38′46″N 78°32′09″W / 38.646209°N 78.535745°W / 38.646209; -78.535745
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White House Bridge was located west of Luray, Virginia over the South Fork of the Shenandoah River. During the American 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.[1]

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  1. ^ "Thomas Stowell Phelps, Sr. Rear Admiral, United States Navy". 19 November 2006. Archived from the original on 23 October 2008. Retrieved 2009-09-21.

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