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]

References

  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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