Skirmish at Cedar Creek

Not to be confused with Battle of Cedar Creek.
Skirmish at Cedar Creek
Part of the American Civil War

Camp Captain Mooney Cemetery
DateMarch 1, 1864 (1864-03-01)
Location
Duval County, Florida,
now in Jacksonville
Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
United States United States (Union) Confederate States of America CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
lieutenant Colonel Benjamin B. Sample
Casualties and losses
10
(2 killed
 3 wounded
 5 captured)
 25
(7 killed
 12 wounded
 6 captured/missing)

The Skirmish at Cedar Creek, also known as Camp Mooney or McGirt's Creek, was a small engagement of the American Civil War fought in present-day Jacksonville, Florida on March 1, 1864. It was fought between a small Confederate States Army outpost and the 40th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Union Army, and resulted in 35 casualties. It was the last engagement in the Olustee Campaign.[1]

  1. ^ Filzen, Lydia Colee. "The Battle of Cedar Creek". museumsouthernhistory.com. Museum of Southern History. Archived from the original on October 7, 2014. Retrieved September 25, 2014.