Action at Falling Waters, West Virginia
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- Multiple units engage at Falling Waters in Berkeley County, West Virginia on July 2, 1861.
- Also referred to as Action/Skirmish at Hoke's Run, Battle of Hainesville
Union Troops
- Philadelphia City Troop
- 6th Pennsylvania Infantry
- (I) 11th Pennsylvania Infantry
- 15th Pennsylvania Infantry
- 21st Pennsylvania Infantry
- (I) 23rd Pennsylvania Infantry
- (I) 1st Wisconsin Infantry
- 4th United States Artillery / Battery F
Casualties
- Union: 8 killed, 15 wounded = Total 23
- Private George C. Drake of the 1st Wisconsin Infantry becomes the first soldier killed in action from the state of Wisconsin in the conflict
Notes
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 614, 622, 967, 970)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hoke%27s_Run