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Battle of Gainesville
Part of the American Civil War

Historical marker outside city hall about the Battle of Gainesville
DateAugust 17, 1864
Location
Gainesville, Florida
29°39′07.18″N 82°19′30.24″W / 29.6519944°N 82.3250667°W / 29.6519944; -82.3250667
Result Confederate victory
Belligerents
United States United States (Union) Confederate States of America CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Andrew L. Harris

John Jackson Dickison

Benjamin B. Sample (WIA)
Strength
342 about 290 (only 175 actually engaged)
Casualties and losses
221 (28 killed, 5 wounded, 188 captured) 6 (3 dead, 3 wounded)

The Battle of Gainesville was an American Civil War engagement fought on August 17, 1864, when a Confederate force defeated Union detachments from Jacksonville, Florida. The result of the battle was the Confederate occupation of Gainesville for the remainder of the war.

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