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Battle of Dranesville

December 20, 1861 · Fairfax County

Result Union victory

Union troops under Edward Ord defeated a Confederate force under J. E. B. Stuart in northern Virginia.

On the map Contemporaries

Union

Confederacy

United States

Confederate States of America

E. O. C. Ord military commander

J. E. B. Stuart military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 5,000c. 5,000
Casualties: 7171
Killed: 7
Wounded: 61

Strength: 4,000c. 4,000
Casualties: 230230
Killed: 43
Wounded: 143
Missing: 8