Battle of Boonsboro

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Battle of Boonsboro

Began:

July 8, 1863

Ended:

Same day

Location:

Washington County, Maryland

Theater:

Eastern Theater

Campaign:

Gettysburg Campaign

Outcome:

Inconclusive

Combatants

1st and 3rd Cavalry Divisions

5 cavalry brigades

Commanders

Alfred Pleasonton
Major General, USA

J.E.B. Stuart
Major General, CSA

Strength

Casualties

100 total (US and CS)

On July 8, the Confederate cavalry, holding the South Mountain passes, fought a rearguard action against elements of the Union 1st and 3rd Cavalry Divisions and infantry. This action was one of a series of cavalry combats fought around Boonsboro, Hagerstown, and Williamsport. (NPS summary)

v • d • e Gettysburg Campaign, June-July 1863

Brandy Station -- 2nd Winchester -- Aldie -- Middleburg -- Upperville -- Sporting Hill -- Hanover -- Gettysburg -- Carlisle -- Hunterstown -- Fairfield -- Monterey Pass -- Williamsport -- Boonsboro -- Funkstown -- Manassas Gap

v • d • e Battles of the American Civil War: 1863

Eastern Theater	Fort Anderson -- Kelly's Ford -- Washington, NC -- Suffolk -- Suffolk (Hill's Point) -- Stoneman's Raid -- Chancellorsville -- Salem Church--2nd Marye's Heights -- Brandy Station -- 2nd Winchester -- Middleburg -- Aldie -- Upperville -- Sporting Hill -- Hanover -- Gettysburg -- Carlisle -- Hunterstown -- Fairfield -- Monterey Pass -- Williamsport -- Boonsboro -- Funkstown -- Manassas Gap -- 1st Auburn -- 2nd Auburn -- Bristoe Station -- Buckland Mills -- Droop Mountain -- 2nd Rappahannock Station -- Mine Run -- Charlestown

Western Theater	Arkansas Post -- Dover -- Thompson's Station -- Vaught's Hill -- Brentwood -- 1st Franklin -- Grand Gulf -- Snyder’s Bluff -- Day's Gap -- Port Gibson -- Raymond -- Jackson, MS -- Champion Hill -- Big Black River Bridge -- Vicksburg -- Milliken's Bend -- Hoover's Gap -- Goodrich's Landing -- Helena -- Tebbs' Bend -- Lebanon -- Corydon -- Buffington Island -- Salineville -- 2nd Chattanooga -- Cumberland Gap -- Davis' Cross Roads -- Chickamauga -- Blountsville -- Wheeler's Raid -- Blue Springs -- Brown's Ferry -- Wauhatchie -- Collierville -- Campbell's Station -- Chattanooga -- Ringgold Gap -- Fort Sanders -- Bean's Station -- Mossy Creek

Trans-Mississippi Theater	2nd Galveston -- 2nd Springfield -- Hartville -- Cape Girardeau-- Chalk Bluff -- Cabin Creek -- Honey Springs -- Raid on Lawrence -- Devil's Backbone -- 2nd Sabine Pass -- Bayou Forche -- Baxter Springs -- Pine Bluff

Lower Seaboard Theater	1st Fort McAllister -- 1st Charleston Harbor -- Fort Bisland -- Irish Bend -- Vermillion Bayou -- Plains Store -- Port Hudson -- LaFourche Crossing -- 2nd Donaldsonville -- 1st Fort Wagner -- Grimball's Landing -- 2nd Fort Wagner -- 2nd Charleston Harbor -- 2nd Fort Sumter -- Kock's Plantation -- Stirling's Plantation -- Fort Brooke

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