Engagement at Buffington Island, Ohio

Engagement at Buffington Island, Ohio - Multiple units engage at Buffington Island on the border of Meigs County, Ohio and Jackson County, West Virginia on July 19, 1863.

Sub-Operations

• June 11-July 26, 1863 - Morgan's Raid in Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio

Union Troops

• 14th Illinois Cavalry
• Hernshaw's (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
• 5th Indiana Cavalry
• 1st Kentucky Cavalry (U)
• 3rd Kentucky Cavalry (U)
• 8th Kentucky Cavalry (U)
• 11th Kentucky Cavalry (U)
• 12th Kentucky Cavalry (U)
• 8th Michigan Cavalry
• 9th Michigan Cavalry
• 2nd Ohio Cavalry
• 7th Ohio Cavalry
• 45th Ohio Infantry
• 2nd Tennessee Mounted Infantry (U)
• Militia
• Gunboats

Casualties

• Union: 25 wounded

Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 602, 990, 991)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Buffington_Island