• 6th Infantry, Pennsylvania Reserves (a.k.a. 35th Pennsylvania Volunteers): Lt. Col. William M. Penrose
  • 9th Infantry, Pennsylvania Reserves (a.k.a. 38th Pennsylvania Volunteers): Col. Conrad Feger Jackson
  • 10th Infantry, Pennsylvania Reserves (a.k.a. 39th Pennsylvania Volunteers): Col. John S. McCalmont
  • 12th Infantry, Pennsylvania Reserves (a.k.a. 41st Pennsylvania Volunteers): Col. John H. Taggart
  • Kane's 1st Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment (a.k.a. 42nd Pennsylvania Volunteers): Lt. Col.l Thomas L. Kane
  • 1st Pennsylvania Reserve Cavalry (a.k.a. 44th Pennsylvania Volunteers): Lt. Col. Jacob C. Higgins
  • 1st Pennsylvania Reserve Artillery (a.k.a. 43rd Pennsylvania Volunteers): Lt. Col. Charles T. Campbell
  • Battery A: Cpt. Hezekiah Easton
  • Battery F: Cpt. Ezra Matthews

Confederate

thumb|right|100px|Brigadier General J. E. B. Stuart

Commander: Brigadier General J. E. B. Stuart<br>

Regiments

  • 11th Virginia Volunteers: Col. Samuel Garland, Jr.
  • 6th South Carolina Volunteers: Lt. Col. Andrew J. Secrest
  • 10th Alabama Volunteers: Col. John Horace Forney
  • 1st Kentucky Volunteers: Col. Thomas Hart Taylor
  • 1st North Carolina Cavalry (100 man detachment): Maj. James B. Gordon
  • 2nd Virginia Cavalry, Company C: Cpt. Andrew L. Pitzer
  • Sumter Flying Artillery (Georgia): Capt. Allen S. Cutts

Battle

thumb|right|300px|Sketch of the Affair at Dranesville, Va.<br>Matz, Otto H., 1895

At about noon, Ord arrived at the intersection of the Georgetown Pike and Leesburg Pike in the village of Dranesville, where he encountered Stuart's advance cavalry pickets, which were quickly driven off by the Union force. Ord then began to lead his command west, down the Leesburg Pike. At around 1 p.m. Stuart, with the main body of his force approached Dranesville from the south, whereupon he encountered the rear of the Union detachment.

Ord halted his infantry and wheeled it around to meet the Confederate threat, forming a line on the north side of the Leesburg Pike. He then deployed his artillery on an eminence near the intersection. Stuart deployed his infantry on the south side of the pike and his artillery south of the federal position. While the Confederate infantry was deploying, the 1st Kentucky mistook the 6th South Carolina for Union troops and opened fire, which was quickly returned by the Carolinians. The 11th Virginia advanced, supported by the 10th Alabama but were stopped by heavy fire. The colonel of the 10th Alabama, John Forney, was wounded, and the lieutenant colonel, James B. Martin, was killed.

Notes

References

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  • Salmon, John S. The Official Virginia Civil War Battlefield Guide.Stackpole Books; Mechanicsburg, Pa. 2001.
  • Evans, Thomas J and James M. Moyer. Mosby's Confederacy:A Guide to the Roads and Sites of Colonel John Singleton Mosby. White Mane Publishing Company, Inc. Shippensburg, Pa. 1991. p.&nbsp;46.
  • National Park Service battle description
  • CWSAC Report