Battle of Hunterstown

Battle of Hunterstown
Part of the American Civil War
DateJuly 2, 1863
Location
Beaverdam Creek near Hunterstown, Pennsylvania
39°52′57.18″N 77°09′42.42″W / 39.8825500°N 77.1617833°W / 39.8825500; -77.1617833
Result Draw
Belligerents
USA (Union) CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
George Armstrong Custer Wade Hampton

The Battle of Hunterstown was an American Civil War skirmish at Beaverdam Creek near Hunterstown, Pennsylvania, on July 2, 1863, in which Wade Hampton's Confederate cavalry withdrew after engaging George Armstrong Custer's and Elon Farnsworth's Union cavalry.

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