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| Skirmish at Abbeville | |||||||
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| Part of the American Civil War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States |  Confederate States | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Joseph A. Mower | Abraham Buford II | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 2,000 | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1 killed, 17 wounded, | 16 killed | ||||||
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