Reconnoissance from Sharpsburg, Maryland to Shepherdstown and Martinsburg, West Virginia
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- Multiple units reconnoiter from Sharpsburg in Washington County, Maryland to Shepherdstown and Martinsburg in Jefferson and Berkeley counties in West Virginia on October 1, 1862.
- Also referred to as the:
- Reconnoissance from Sharpsburg, Maryland
- Reconnoissance to Shepherdstown, West Virginia
- Reconnoissance to Martinsburg, West Virginia
Suboperations
Union Troops
- 8th Illinois Cavalry
- 3rd Indiana Cavalry (Right Wing) (Companies A and B)
- 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry (3 Companies)
- 2nd United States Artillery / Battery M
Confederate Troops
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Casualties
- Union loss: 12 wounded, 3 missing = Total 15 (Likely mostly from the
Skirmish at Shepherdstown, West Virginia
)
Notes
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 647, 759)
Categories:
- Operations in the War of the Rebellion
- Operations in Maryland
- Operations in West Virginia
- Operations in Berkeley County, West Virginia
- Operations in Jefferson County, West Virginia
- Operations in Washington County, Maryland
- Reconnoissances in Maryland
- Reconnoissances in West Virginia
- Reconnoissances in Berkeley County, West Virginia
- Reconnoissances in Jefferson County, West Virginia, Maryland
- Reconnoissances in Washington County, Maryland
- Operations in 1862
- Operations on October 1, 1862
- Source: ACWR 647
- Source: ACWR 759