District of Columbia in the Civil War

The District of Columbia at the time of the War of the Rebellion.

District of Columbia - Union

Population and Demographics

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Antebellum District of Columbia

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Conflict

The only true battles in Washington, D.C. proper were a Union repulse of General Jubal Early's 1864 raids against Fort Stevens and the other defenses of the capital.

1861

• November 3-11, 1861 - Expedition into Lower Maryland

1862

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1863

• June 11-13, 1863 - Expedition from Brightwood, District of Columbia

1864

• July 11, 1864 - Skirmish near Fort Stevens, District of Columbia
• July 11-July 12, 1864 - Skirmishes near Fort Reno, District of Columbia
• July 12, 1864 - Action at Fort Stevens, District of Columbia

1865

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Units from District of Columbia

• Over 0 soldiers from District of Columbia served in the War of the Rebellion (Click for full list)
• The following units were raised in this county:
  • 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry / Company D

Cavalry

• 1st District of Columbia Cavalry
• Owen's Militia Cavalry Company

Infantry

• 1st District of Columbia Infantry
• 2nd District of Columbia Infantry
• 2nd District of Columbia Infantry Battalion
• 3rd District of Columbia Infantry Battalion
• 5th District of Columbia Infantry Battalion
• 8th District of Columbia Infantry Battalion

Militia

• Boyd's Militia Infantry Company
• Callan's Militia Infantry Company
• Carrington's Militia Infantry Company
• Clarke's Militia Infantry Company
• Cross' Militia Infantry Company
• Degge's Militia Infantry Company
• Elder's Militia Infantry Company
• Ferguson's Militia Infantry Company
• Fletcher's Militia Infantry Company
• Foxwell's Militia Infantry Company
• Gerhardt's Militia Infantry Company
• Goddard's Militia Infantry Company
• Grinnell's Militia Infantry Company
• Kelly's Militia Infantry Company
• King's Militia Infantry Company
• Knight's Militia Infantry Company
• Kyrzanowski's Militia Infantry Company
• Loeffler's Militia Infantry Company
• Mark's Militia Infantry Company
• Miller's Militia Infantry Company
• Morgan's Militia Infantry Company
• McBlair's Militia Infantry Company
• McClelland's Militia Infantry Company
• McDermott's Militia Infantry Company
• McKim's Militia Infantry Company
• Nally's Militia Infantry Company
• Powell's Militia Infantry Company
• Rodier's Militia Infantry Company
• Rutherford's Militia Infantry Company
• Smead's Militia Infantry Company
• Thistleton's Militia Infantry Company
• Williams' Militia Infantry Company

Casualties from District of Columbia

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 1018-1020)