Action at Accotink
Action at Accotink | |||||||
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Part of the American Civil War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States (Union) | CSA (Confederacy) | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Henry H. Wells | John S. Mosby[1] | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Home Guard detachment[1] | 200[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1 killed[1] | 1 killed[1] |
The action at Accotink was a skirmish fought between a Union Army home guard unit and 200 Confederate States Army partisan rangers under the command of Colonel John S. Mosby in Fairfax County, Virginia on July 15, 1864.[1] One soldier from each force was killed.[1]
Notes[]
- ^ a b c d e f g The Union Army; A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States, 1861–65 — Records of the Regiments in the Union Army — Cyclopedia of Battles — Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing, 1997. First published 1908 by Federal Publishing Company. Vol. 5. OCLC 1473658. Retrieved January 20, 2011. p. 19.
References[]
- The Union Army; A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States, 1861–65 — Records of the Regiments in the Union Army — Cyclopedia of Battles — Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing, 1997. First published 1908 by Federal Publishing Company. Vol. 5. OCLC 1473658. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
External links[]
- A compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer publishing company. 1908. pp. 882–.
Categories:
- Inconclusive battles of the American Civil War
- Conflicts in 1864
- 1864 in Virginia
- Battles of the American Civil War in Virginia
- July 1864 events
- Fairfax County in the American Civil War
- American Civil War battle stubs