Battle

Bog Wallow Ambush

4 Dec 1861 · 38.81° N, 77.26° W

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4 Dec 1861
Kind
Battle
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38.81° N, 77.26° W
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1861 battle of the American civil War

Bog Wallow Ambush

Battle of the American civil War

The Bog Wallow Ambush was a small unit action during the American Civil War that took place between Confederate forces under Captain J. Fred. Waring and Union forces under Colonel George W. Taylor on December 4, 1861, in Fairfax County, Virginia, as part of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's operations in northern Virginia. The Union force set up an ambush for the Confederate force on the Braddock Road.

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