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Skirmish at Adamstown
Part of the American Civil War
DateOctober 14, 1864
Location
Frederick County, Maryland
Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
United States United States (Union) Confederate States of America CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Benjamin F. Kelley John McCausland
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown killed and wounded Unknown killed and wounded

The Skirmish at Adamstown was a battle recorded by Frederick H. Dyer in Dyer's Compendiumfought between "Mean's and Atwell's West Virginia Cavalry Companies" and guerilla Confederate companies in Adamstown, Frederick County, Maryland, on October 14, 1864.[1]

According to dispatches in the Evening Star and The Daily Dispatch, three hundred of Mosby's Raiders came across the Potomac river to Adamstown, but were pushed back.[2][3]

The Skirmish appears as the last battle fought in Maryland in Dyer's record.[4] The result of the Battle was inconclusive.

The guerilla raid was notable as it was conducted the same day as Mosby's raiders conducted the Greenback raid,[5] where they captured a train with over $200,000 in currency, as well as raided businesses in Poolesville, Maryland.[3]

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  • Dyer, F.H. (1908). A compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Vol. 1. The Dyer publishing company. p. 758. Retrieved 2015-07-11.

References

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  1. ^ "Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Maryland, 1864". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  2. ^ "Image 1 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), October 15, 1864". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  3. ^ a b "Image 1 of The daily dispatch (Richmond [Va.]), October 18, 1864". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  4. ^ "Maryland Civil War Battles - The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  5. ^ "Image 343 of Partisan life with Col. John S. Mosby". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
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