UNION VIRGINIA VOLUNTEERS
Loudoun County Virginia Rangers
- Overview:
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Organized at Waterford, Va., and Point of Rocks, Md.
Company "A" June 20, 1862; Company "B" January 26, 1864.
Attached to Point of Rocks, Md., Middle Department, June, 1862.
Railroad District, Middle Department, 3th Army Corps, to
September, 1862. Railroad District, Dept. of West Virginia, to
January, 1863. Point of Rocks, Md., 3th Corps, Middle Department,
to March, 1863. Unattached, 8th Corps, to May, 1863. 3rd
Separate Brigade, 8th Corps, to June, 1863. Lockwood's Command,
8th Corps, to July, 1863. 3rd Separate Brigade, 8th Corps, to
August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Maryland Heights Division, Dept. of
West Virginia, to December, 1863. Unattached, 1st Division,
Dept. of West Virginia, to April, 1864. Reserve Division, Dept.
of West Virginia, to January, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division,
Dept. of West Virginia, to April, 1865. Unattached, 2nd
Division, Dept. of West Virginia, to May, 1865.
- Service:
- Duty at and about Point of Rocks and guarding fords of
the Potomac River from Monocacy River to Brunswick to September,
1862. Action at Upperville August 27. Hillsboro September 1.
Leesburg September 2. Edward's Ferry September 4. Siege of Harper's Ferry September
12-14. Capture of Longstreet's ammunition train at Sharpsburg,
Md., September 15. Battle of Antietam September 16-17.
Duty at Point of Rocks, Md., till February, 1863. Moved to
Brunswick February 1, to Bolivar Heights March 1 and to
Berryville April. Scouting in the Shenandoah Valley till June
18. Moved to Harper's Ferry, thence to Frederick, Md. Duty
there scouting and keeping open communications between
Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Md., during Gettysburg (Pa.)
Campaign. At Dripping Springs, near Point of Rocks, July
15-September 12. Scout into Loudoun County September 12-16.
Snickersville, Leesburg, Rector's Cross Roads and Bloomfield
September 14. Neersville September 30. At Harper's Ferry till
December, 1863. Charlestown October 18 (Detachment). Scout to
Leesburg and skirmish at Big Springs October 26. At Brunswick
till January, 1864, and at Point of Rocks till February. Actions
with Mosby at Big Springs and Hillsboro May 16. Waterford May
17. Near Wheatland June 10. Mosby's attack on Point of Rocks
July 4. Near Middletown July 7. Solomon's Gap July 7.
Frederick July 8. Monocacy July 9. Leesburg
August 21. Hamilton August 21. Duty in Military District of
Harper's Ferry till March, 1865. Adamstown October 14, 1864.
Leesburg November 28. Paxton's Store, Hillsboro, December 1.
Expedition into Loudoun County, Va., March 20-25, 1865.
Purcellsville and Hamilton March 21. Mustered out at Bolivar, W.
Va., May 31, 1865.
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