Skirmish at Abingdon

Skirmish at Abingdon
Part of The American Civil War
DateDecember 15, 1864
Location
Washington County, Virginia
Result Union victory
Belligerents
United States United States Union Confederate States of America 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]

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  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

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