Reconnoissance from Sharpsburg, Maryland to Smithfield, West Virginia

Reconnoissance from Sharpsburg, Maryland to Shepherdstown and Martinsburg, West Virginia - Multiple units reconnoiter from Sharpsburg in Washington County, Maryland to Smithfield in Wetzel County, West Virginia from October 16-17, 1862.

• Also referred to as the:
  • Reconnoissance from Sharpsburg, Maryland
  • Reconnoissance to Smithfield, West Virginia
• Some unit profiles also list Smithville, West Virginia

Suboperations

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Union Troops

• 2nd District of Columbia Infantry
• 1st Massachusetts Cavalry (detachment)
• 3rd Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery
• 9th Massachusetts Infantry
• 32nd Massachusetts Infantry
• (I) 4th Michigan Infantry
• 14th New York Infantry
• 62nd Pennsylvania Infantry
• 91st Pennsylvania Infantry
• 126th Pennsylvania Infantry
• 129th Pennsylvania Infantry
• 134th Pennsylvania Infantry
• 5th United States Cavalry (detachment)
• 5th United States Artillery / Battery D
• 3rd United States Infantry
• 4th United States Infantry
• 12th United States Infantry
• 14th United States Infantry

Confederate Troops

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Casualties

• Union loss: 3 killed, 6 wounded, 3 missing = Total 12

Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 647, 648, 759)