Battle of Ball's Bluff

October 21, 1861 · Loudoun County

Result Confederate victory

Confederate forces defeated a Union crossing of the Potomac River near Leesburg, Virginia. The Union lost many men, and Senator Edward Baker was killed.

On the map Contemporaries

Union

Confederacy

United States

Confederate States of America

Edward Dickinson Baker military commander

Charles Pomeroy Stone military commander

Nathan George Evans military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 1,7202,000
Casualties: 921–1,002921
Killed: 49
Wounded: 158
Missing: 714

Strength: 1,7091,600
Casualties: 149
Killed: 36
Wounded: 117117
Missing: 2

Units

1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment 3rd New York Cavalry Regiment

Army of the Potomac (Confederate)