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The following army units were involved in the Battle of Moorefield on August 7, 1864, near Moorefield, West Virginia, in the American Civil War. The Union Army units, and their commanders, are listed first. The Confederate Army units, and their commanders, follow. Three of the Union regiments were organized in West Virginia, and all of the Confederate regiments were organized in either Virginia, or Maryland. Most of the fighting took place within Hardy County. A small Union division commanded by Brigadier General William W. Averell surprised a larger Confederate force commanded by Brigadier General John McCausland and captured over 400 men. McCausland's force had burned the city of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, on July 30.

Abbreviations used

Military rank

• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major
• Capt = Captain
• Lt = 1st Lieutenant

Other

• w = wounded
• k = killed
• det = Detachment
• MOH = Medal of Honor

Union Army Department of West Virginia

2nd Cavalry Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of West Virginia

BG William W. Averell

• Averell had approximately 1,760 men.

Confederate Army Army of the Valley

Independent Command, Cavalry Division, Army of the Valley

BG John McCausland
Capt Achilles Tynes, staff

• McNeill's Rangers, commanded by Captain John Hanson McNeill, were nearby—but chose to camp further away because McNeill did not believe the Confederate camp sites were safely situated.
• Approximately 3,000 men were in McCausland's command.

Notes

Citations

1. ^ "Moorefield". American Battlefield Trust. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
2. Ainsworth & Kirkley 1902, pp. 493–495
3. ^ Ainsworth & Kirkley 1902, p. 495
4. ^ Patchan 2007, Ch.15 of e-book
5. "Thomas R. Kerr". Congressional Medal of Honor Society. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
6. ^ Patchan 2007, Ch.14 of e-book
7. Slease & Gancas 1999, p. 114
8. Ainsworth & Kirkley 1902, p. 735
9. Lang 1895, p. 164
10. Ainsworth & Kirkley 1902, p. 736
11. Sutton 2001, p. 146
12. Ainsworth & Kirkley 1902, p. 496
13. Ainsworth & Kirkley 1902, p. 6

References

• Ainsworth, Fred C.; Kirkley, Joseph W., eds. (1902). The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Additions and Corrections to Series I Volume XLIII Additions and Corrections. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. OCLC 427057.
• Lang, Theodore F. (1895). Loyal West Virginia from 1861 to 1865 : With an Introductory Chapter on the Status of Virginia for Thirty Years Prior to the War. Baltimore, MD: Deutsch Publishing Co. OCLC 779093.
• Patchan, Scott C. (2007). Shenandoah Summer: The 1864 Valley Campaign. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0-8032-0700-4. OCLC 122563754.
• Slease, William Davis; Gancas, Ron (1999) . The Fourteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry in the Civil War: A History of the Fourteenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry from its Organization until the Close of the Civil War, 1861-1865. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Soldiers' & Sailors' Memorial Hall and Military Museum. ISBN 978-0-96449-529-6. OCLC 44503009.
• Sutton, Joseph J. (2001) . History of the Second Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry Volunteers, During the War of the Rebellion. Huntington, WV: Blue Acorn Press. ISBN 978-0-9628866-5-2. OCLC 263148491.

• American Civil War orders of battle
• Hardy County, West Virginia, in the American Civil War