Battles /
BA003890
Rectortown, Virginia
January 1, 1864
Event ID # BA 003890
Confederate Troops Engaged: VA 14th Cavalry Battalion
Maj. John S. Mosby (Confederate) states in a report that a portion of his command under Capt. William R. Smith attacked and routed 78 Federals, killing, wounding or capturing 57 of the number. As this is the only official mention of the affair, there is no way of ascertaining what Federal troops were thus defeated.