Skirmish at Abingdon

Battle of the American Civil War

Skirmish at Abingdon

Part of The American Civil War
| Date| December 15, 1864

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Location|

Washington County, Virginia

Result|  Union victory
Belligerents
United States Union|  Confederacy (CSA)
Commanders and leaders
George Stoneman|  John C. Breckinridge
Strength
Unknown|  Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown killed and wounded|  Unknown killed and wounded

In the American Civil War, a Skirmish at Abingdon, Virginia, between Union Army and Confederate States Army forces occurred on December 15, 1864, during Stoneman's 1864 Raid.[1] Skirmishing took place near Abingdon as Union forces under the command of Brevet Major General Stephen G. Burbridge arrived at a nearby crossroads before cavalry under the command of Confederate Brigadier General John C. Vaughn, which prevented Vaughn from protecting Abingdon's rail station.[2] The skirmish is not listed in Dyer's Compendium of the War of the Rebellion.[3]

## Notes

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### Footnotes

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### Citations

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1. ^ Long, Everette Beach; Long, Barbara (1971). The Civil War day by day: an almanac, 1861–1865. Garden City, NY: Doubleday. p. 611\. ISBN 9780306802553. OCLC 68283123.
2. ^ Stephens 1867, pp. 435–436
3. ^ Dyer 1908, p. 958

### References

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* Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, Iowa: Dyer Pub. Co. OCLC 1028851810. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
* Stephens, Ann S. (1867). Pictorial History of the War for the Union : A Complete and Reliable History of the War from its Commencement to its Close ... Together with a Complete Chronological Analysis of the War. New York City: B.W. Hitchcock. OCLC 5967902. Retrieved March 25, 2025.

## External links

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* Strickler, Theodore D. (1899). When and where We Met Each Other on Shore and Afloat. W.C. Strickler. p. 196.

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