Letter

Unknown, June 2, 1864

HEADQUARTERS RESERVE DIVISION,

Respectfully forwarded to department headquarters.

This report was called for immediately on the return of Lieutenant-Colonel Root, Fifteenth New York Cavalry, but was handed in

too late to be acted upon before his going to the army in the field. F. SIGEL,

Major-General, Commanding. 11 R R—VOL XXXVII, PT I

JUNE 6 and 26, 1864.—Skirmishes near Moorefield (6th) and at Springfield. (26th), W. Va.

Itinerary of the Reserve Division, commanded by Brig. Gen.. Benjamin F. Kelley.*

June 6.—A scout, consisting of eighty men of the Twenty-second Pennsylvania Cavalry, commanded by Captain Hart, was attacked by 200 rebel cavalry and infantry near Moorefield, in Hardy County, but succeeded in repulsing and driving back the enemy in confusion. Captain Hart lost 4 men killed and 6 wounded. EB Fang

June 26.—A picket of 100 men of the Sixth West Virginia Cavalry, commanded by Captain Law, was surprised by the rebel Mc- were captured and carried off by the enemy.

JUNE 9, 1864.—Affair in Loudoun County, Va. Report of Brig. Gen. Max Weber, U. S. Army.

Editor's Notes
From: Operations in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, Pt. 1. Location: Martinsburg, Va.. Summary: Military report details skirmishes and scouting actions by Union cavalry in West Virginia and Virginia during June 1864, highlighting engagements near Moorefield, Springfield, and Loudoun County.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 37, Part 1 View original source ↗