Skirmish, Fairfield Gap was a Civil War engagement fought in Pennsylvania, 1863.
During the Gettysburg campaign, mounted forces clashed near Fairfield, Pennsylvania on July 3, 1863, in an action that unfolded alongside the fighting at Gettysburg without being counted as part of it. Few troops took part, making the encounter modest in scale, yet its outcome carried real weight. The Confederates emerged victorious and thereby held onto control of the vital Hagerstown Road, a route that Lee's Army of Northern Virginia needed on July 5 to withdraw into Maryland and ultimately reach safety back in Virginia.
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