battle, nineteenth century

Second Dranesville

Name: Second Dranesville
Location: Loudoun County, Virginia, United States

Second Dranesville was a battle fought in 1864 at Loudoun County, in what is now Virginia, United States. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Loudoun County. The recorded result: Confederate Victory. Recorded strength: 167 against 160.

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Fought1864

WhereLoudoun County, Virginia, United States39.090N, 77.640W, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeConfederate Victory

BelligerentsUnited States of AmericaagainstConfederate States of America

Casualties and losses107 (12 killed, 25 wounded, 70 captured)and6 (1 killed, 5 wounded)

Record

Date	1864 (year precision)
Place	Loudoun County, Virginia, United States 39.090N, 77.640W
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Strength	167	160
Casualties and losses	107 (12 killed, 25 wounded, 70 captured)	6 (1 killed, 5 wounded)
Commanders	James Sewall Reed	John S. Mosby

Placed at Loudoun County; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Plan of the Battle of Dranesville Va Decr 20th 1861., 1861-12-20. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division; no known restrictions on publication.

Nearest engagements

The Burning Raid 1864, 5.5 km NW
Heaton's Crossroads 1864, 6.8 km NW
Battle of Ball's Bluff 1861, 11 km NE
Battle of Aldie 1863, 12 km S
Action at Mount Zion Church 1864, 14 km S

Elsewhere in 1864

Battle of Cold Harbor United States
Sherman's March to the Sea United States
Battle of the Wilderness United States
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House United States
Siege of Petersburg United States

Second Dranesville is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 1,264 in present-day United States (185 in Virginia).

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q16961565, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Second Battle of Dranesville, revision 1370736132, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.