Skirmish at Abingdon

Skirmish at Abingdon
Part of The American Civil War
Date December 15, 1864 Location Washington County, Virginia Result Union victory
Belligerents
United States Union	Confederacy (CSA)
Commanders and leaders
George Stoneman	John C. Breckinridge
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown killed and wounded	Unknown killed and wounded

In the American Civil War, a Skirmish at Abingdon, Virginia, between Union Army and Confederate States Army forces occurred on December 15, 1864, during Stoneman's 1864 Raid. ^[1] Skirmishing took place near Abingdon with Union forces consisting mostly of cavalry regiments from Tennessee. The action is listed as a skirmish in Dyer's Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. ^[2]

Notes

Citations

1. Long, Everette Beach; Long, Barbara (1971). The Civil War day by day: an almanac, 1861–1865. Garden City, NY: Doubleday. p. 611. ISBN   9780306802553. OCLC   68283123.
2. Dyer 1908 , p. 958

References

• Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, Iowa: Dyer Pub. Co. OCLC   1028851810 . Retrieved April 6, 2024.
• Stephens, Ann S. (1867). Pictorial History of the War for the Union : A Complete and Reliable History of the War from its Commencement to its Close ... Together with a Complete Chronological Analysis of the War. New York City: B.W. Hitchcock. OCLC   5967902 . Retrieved March 25, 2025.

External links

• Strickler, Theodore D. (1899). When and where We Met Each Other on Shore and Afloat. W.C. Strickler. p. 196.