battle, nineteenth century
Action at Mount Zion Church
Action at Mount Zion Church was a battle fought on 6 July 1864 at Loudoun County, in what is now Virginia, United States. The recorded result: Confederate victory. Recorded strength: 150 against 150.
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Record
| Date | 6 July 1864 | |
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| Place | Loudoun County, Virginia, United States 38.964N, 77.610W | |
| Kind | Battle, nineteenth century | |
| Strength | 150 | 150 |
| Casualties and losses | 6 (1 killed, 5 wounded) | 106 (12 killed, 37 wounded, 57 captured) |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Aldie 1863, 4.7 km NW
- Battle of Middleburg 1863, 13 km W
- Battle of Unison 1862, 18 km NW
- Battle of Thoroughfare Gap 1862, 18 km SW
- First Battle of Bull Run 1861, 18 km SE
Elsewhere in 1864
- Battle of Cold Harbor United States
- Battle of the Wilderness United States
- Battle of Spotsylvania Court House United States
- Siege of Petersburg United States
- Battle of Dybbøl Denmark
The National Park Service's American Battlefield Protection Program maps this as the Aldie battlefield (site VA036): a study area of 6,377 acres, with a core area of 1,396 acres where the fighting was concentrated; 6,358 acres retain enough integrity to be potentially eligible for the National Register.
Action at Mount Zion Church is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 1,148 in present-day United States (172 in Virginia).
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4677181, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Action at Mount Zion Church, revision 1370103842, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Battlefield boundary and area from the National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program (public domain). Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.