Battery L had two artillery pieces.[11] In Averell's report as of August 8, the battery was listed as having four artillery pieces and commanded by Lieutenant Weir.[12]
Only the 1st and 2nd Maryland, and a squadron of the 8th Virginia, had sabers. Most men were armed with long
Enfield muskets, which could not be reloaded while on horseback.[13]
Artillery
2nd Maryland Battery (Baltimore Battery): Capt William H. Grifin Lt
John R. McNulty
Jackson's Charlottesville Battery: Capt Thomas Jackson
Additional Information
Jackson's Battery of horse artillery had two pieces.[4]
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.[4]
Approximately 3,000 men were in McCausland's command.[1]
Notes
Citations
^
abc"Moorefield". American Battlefield Trust. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
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.
OCLC779093.
Patchan, Scott C. (2007). Shenandoah Summer: The 1864 Valley Campaign. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.
ISBN978-0-8032-0700-4.
OCLC122563754.
Slease, William Davis; Gancas, Ron (1999) [1915]. 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.
ISBN978-0-96449-529-6.
OCLC44503009.
Sutton, Joseph J. (2001) [1892]. History of the Second Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry Volunteers, During the War of the Rebellion. Huntington, WV: Blue Acorn Press.
ISBN978-0-9628866-5-2.
OCLC263148491.
Battery L had two artillery pieces.[11] In Averell's report as of August 8, the battery was listed as having four artillery pieces and commanded by Lieutenant Weir.[12]
Only the 1st and 2nd Maryland, and a squadron of the 8th Virginia, had sabers. Most men were armed with long
Enfield muskets, which could not be reloaded while on horseback.[13]
Artillery
2nd Maryland Battery (Baltimore Battery): Capt William H. Grifin Lt
John R. McNulty
Jackson's Charlottesville Battery: Capt Thomas Jackson
Additional Information
Jackson's Battery of horse artillery had two pieces.[4]
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.[4]
Approximately 3,000 men were in McCausland's command.[1]
Notes
Citations
^
abc"Moorefield". American Battlefield Trust. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
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.
OCLC779093.
Patchan, Scott C. (2007). Shenandoah Summer: The 1864 Valley Campaign. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.
ISBN978-0-8032-0700-4.
OCLC122563754.
Slease, William Davis; Gancas, Ron (1999) [1915]. 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.
ISBN978-0-96449-529-6.
OCLC44503009.
Sutton, Joseph J. (2001) [1892]. History of the Second Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry Volunteers, During the War of the Rebellion. Huntington, WV: Blue Acorn Press.
ISBN978-0-9628866-5-2.
OCLC263148491.