Action at Accotink

Action at Accotink
	Part of the American Civil War
Date	July 15, 1864
Location	Fairfax County, Virginia
Result	Inconclusive
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

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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[Cyclopedia19-1] 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.