Bog Wallow Ambush

Part of the American Civil War

Date	December 4, 1861 (1861-12-04)
Location	Fairfax County, Virginia
Result	Union victory

Belligerents

United States (Union)

CSA (Confederacy)

Commanders and leaders

George W. Taylor

J. Fred. Waring

Strength

Casualties and losses

Coordinates: 38°48.64′N 77°15.71′W / 38.81067°N 77.26183°W / 38.81067; -77.26183

The Bog Wallow Ambush was a small unit action during the American Civil War that took place between Confederate forces under Captain J. Fred. Waring and Union forces under Colonel George W. Taylor on December 4, 1861, in Fairfax County, Virginia, as part of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's operations in northern Virginia. The Union force set up an ambush for the Confederate force on the Braddock Road. The action resulted in a Union victory.

Following the Battle of Ball's Bluff on October 21, 1861, major offensive action was halted in the eastern theater, as both armies went into winter quarters. Small detachments were still occasionally sent out to probe the enemy's position and to obtain forage. On the night of November 5, 1861, a shootout occurred between members of the units later involved in the ambush at Oak Hill mansion, in an area of such probing and patrolling. Members of the Union force also intended to retaliate for the Confederate force's attacks on Union pickets.

Commander: Capt J. Fred Waring

Georgia Hussars (later Jeff Davis Cavalry Legion, Company 'F')

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