Battle of Harrison's Island

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The Battle of Harrison's Island, better known as the Battle of Ball's Bluff, was an early and disastrous 1861 American Civil War engagement in Virginia that resulted in a significant Union defeat and led to increased congressional scrutiny of the war’s conduct.

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instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
aftermath increased congressional scrutiny of Union war effort ⓘ
political controversy in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Ball's Bluff ⓘ
Battle of Leesburg ⓘ
associatedPlace Ball's Bluff ⓘ
Harrison's Island, Maryland ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States (Confederacy) ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
campaign Operations in the vicinity of Leesburg, 1861 ⓘ
casualties heavy Union casualties ⓘ
cause faulty Union reconnaissance ⓘ
misinterpretation of terrain and enemy strength ⓘ
commander Brigadier General Charles P. Stone ⓘ
Brigadier General Jubal A. Early ⓘ
Colonel Edward D. Baker ⓘ
Colonel Nathan "Shanks" Evans ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
consequence creation of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War ⓘ
countryAtTime United States of America ⓘ
date October 21, 1861 ⓘ
engagementType amphibious assault across river ⓘ
river crossing engagement ⓘ
followedBy increased caution in Union offensive operations in Virginia ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Civil War, 1861–1865 ⓘ
linked to: American Civil War
location Loudoun County, Virginia ⓘ
Potomac River ⓘ
near Leesburg, Virginia ⓘ
notableEvent death of U.S. Senator and Colonel Edward D. Baker ⓘ
notableFor one of the few battles in which a sitting U.S. senator was killed in combat ⓘ
opposingCountryAtTime Confederate States of America ⓘ
partOf Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
precededBy Union occupation of parts of northern Virginia ⓘ
relatedCommittee Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War ⓘ
relatedLegislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
result Confederate victory ⓘ
Union defeat ⓘ
riverCrossing Potomac River near Harrison's Island ⓘ
sideStrength Union forces outnumbered Confederate defenders on paper ⓘ
significance damaged reputations of several Union officers ⓘ
early major Union defeat in the Eastern Theater ⓘ
heightened political tensions within the Lincoln administration ⓘ
tacticalOutcome Union troops driven into Potomac River ⓘ
tacticalSituation Union troops forced back over steep bluff above Potomac River ⓘ
terrainFeature high bluff above Potomac River ⓘ
wooded slopes and narrow landing areas ⓘ
theater Virginia ⓘ
year 1861 ⓘ

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Battle of Ball's Bluff → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Harrison's Island ⓘ