| Action at Accotink | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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–.
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