When Union horsemen under command of Maj. Gen. George Stoneman took their extended 1865 sightseeing tour of the New River and Roanoke valleys as well as points west and south, they laid waste to much more than lengths of Virginia and Tennessee Railroad tracks. The federal cavalry visit to Salem that spring involved destruction of the local depot. That episode prompted a related question. -- Roanoke.com article
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