Battle of Aiken

Battle of Aiken; Action at Aiken
	Part of the Campaign of the Carolinas
Date	February 11, 1865
Location	Aiken, South Carolina
Result	Confederate victory
Belligerents
United States	Confederate States
Commanders and leaders
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick	Joseph Wheeler
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
45-495	50-251

The Battle of Aiken (also known as the Action at Aiken) occurred on February 11, 1865 and was part of the Carolinas campaign.^[2] The principal commanders were Union Maj. Gen. Hugh Judson Kilpatrick and Confederate Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler. Wheeler was able to score a minor victory over Kilpatrick. Today, an annual re-enactment is held the final full weekend in February. As of May 2022, 28 reenactments of Aiken have been held.^[3]

^ ^a ^b "Battle of Aiken". battleofaiken.org. Archived from the original on October 21, 2004. Retrieved 2 October 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Farmer, James (2005). "Playing Rebels: Reenactment as Nostalgia and Defense of the Confederacy in the Battle of Aiken". Southern Cultures. 1. University of North Carolina Press – via JSTOR.
^ "Battle of Aiken continues Sunday". Post and Courier. 26 Feb 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-01.

[battleofaiken.org-1] "Battle of Aiken". battleofaiken.org. Archived from the original on October 21, 2004. Retrieved 2 October 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[:2-2] Farmer, James (2005). "Playing Rebels: Reenactment as Nostalgia and Defense of the Confederacy in the Battle of Aiken". Southern Cultures. 1. University of North Carolina Press – via JSTOR.

[3] "Battle of Aiken continues Sunday". Post and Courier. 26 Feb 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-01.

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