Battle of Fairfield

Battle of Fairfield near Fairfield Gap
Part of the American Civil War
Date July 3, 1863 Location North of Fairfield, Pennsylvania, U.S.[1] Result Confederate victory
Belligerents
USA (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Samuel H. Starr	William E. "Grumble" Jones
Strength
400	1050 (estimated)
Casualties and losses
242 (6 killed, 28 wounded, 208 missing)	34 (8 killed, 21 wounded, and 5 missing)

The Battle of Fairfield was a cavalry engagement during the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War. It was fought July 3, 1863, near Fairfield, Pennsylvania, concurrently with the Battle of Gettysburg, although it was not a formal part of that battle. While a minor fight by the small number of troops deployed, strategically, the Confederate victory secured the important Hagerstown Road, which Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia would use on July 5 to return to Maryland and then on to safety in Virginia.