Battle of Gainesville

Battle of Gainesville
Part of the American Civil War
Historical marker outside city hall about the Battle of Gainesville
Date August 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 (Union)	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.