Skirmish at Adamstown explained

Conflict:	Skirmish at Adamstown
Partof:	the American Civil War
Date:	October 14, 1864
Place:	Frederick County, Maryland
Result:	Inconclusive
Combatant1:	United States (Union)
Combatant2:	CSA (Confederacy)
Commander1:	Benjamin F. Kelley
Commander2:	John McCausland
Strength1:	Unknown
Strength2:	Unknown
Casualties1:	Unknown killed and wounded
Casualties2:	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.

External links

• Book: A compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Dyer, F.H.. 1908. 1. The Dyer publishing company. 758. 2015-07-11.

Notes and References

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