Raid on Georgetown (July 15)

A small body of Confederate cavalry advanced north up the Germantown Pike, targeting the Union base of supply and the rail junction at Georgetown. They arrived on July 16th and entered the southeast section of town unopposed. Winding through the streets, they reached the area around the depot. As they turned a corner towards the junction, they received a volley from a Union Battalion in an open field in the middle of town. The Confederates fell back slightly, reformed and engaged the Federals. Eventually, the cavalrymen determined that they could not take the town and retreated southward in the direction from which they came. They were unable to destroy the depot and Federal supplies there.