Battle Unit Details

UNION DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA VOLUNTEERS

8th Battalion, District of Columbia Infantry (3 months, 1861)

Overview:
Organized at Washington, D. C., for the defence of that city April, 1861. Attached to Mansfield's Command, Dept. of Washington, D. C., to June, 1861. Rockville Expedition to July, 1861.

Service:
Duty in the Defences of Washington, D.C., till June, 1861. Expedition to Rockville, Md., June 10-July 7. Action at Seneca Mills June 17. Great Falls July 7. Mustered out July, 1861.
Soldiers:
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