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UNION VIRGINIA VOLUNTEERS
Loudoun County Virginia
Rangers
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
Harpers 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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