West Virginia Battles
1861



 


1861.

April 18 Abandonment of Harper's Ferry Destruction of Ordnance stores.

May 30 Occupation of Grafton OHIO---16th Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--1st and

2d Infantry.

June 3 Action, Phillippi INDIANA--6th, 7th and 9th Infantry. OHIO--Barnett's Battery Light

Arty.; 14th and 16th Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--1st Infantry. Union loss, 2 wounded.

June 13 Action, Romney INDIANA--11th Infantry.

June 15 Evacuation of Harper's Ferry By Confederates.

June 19 Affair, New Creek Local Militia.

June 23 Skirmish, Righter OHIO--20th Infantry.

June 26 Skirmish, Frankfort, Patterson's Creek INDIANA--11th Infantry. Union loss, 1

killed, 1 wounded.

June 29 Skirmish, Bowman's Place, Cheat River... OHIO---15th and 16th Infantry

(Detachments). WEST VIRGINIA--1st Infantry (Detachment).

June 30 Occupation of Buckhannon INDIANA--8th and 10th Infantry. OHIO--19th

Infantry.

July 2 Action, Falling Water, Hoke's Run PENNSYLVANIA--1st Troop Philadelphia Cavalry;

6th, 8th, 11th, 15th, 21st and 23d Infantry. WISCONSIN--1st Infantry. UNITED STATES--Battery

"F" 4th Arty. Union loss, 8 killed, 15 wounded. Total, 23.

July 4 Skirmish, Harper's Ferry NEW YORK--83d (9th S. M.) Infantry. Union loss, 2 killed, 2

wounded. Total, 4.

July 6-7 Skirmishes, Middle Fork Bridge OHIO--3d Infantry (1 Co.). Union loss, 1

killed, 6 wounded. Total, 7.

July 6-17 Campaign in West Virginia ILLINOIS--Barker's Chicago Dragoons; Sturgis'

Rifles. INDIANA--8th, 10th, 13th, 14th and 15th Infantry. KENTUCKY--1st and 2d Infantry.

MICHIGAN--Battery "A" 1st Light Arty. OHIO---3d, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, 12th, 13th, 14t

h, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th and 22d Infantry; Barnett's Battery Light Arty.; Burdsall's

Dragoons. PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA--1st and 2d Infantry.

UNITED STATES-Batteries "G" and "I" 4th Arty.

July 7 Skirmish, Laurel Hill INDIANA--7th and 9th Infantry. OHIO--14th Infantry.

July 7 Skirmish, Glenville OHIO--17th Infantry.

July 7 Skirmish, Belington INDIANA--7th Infantry.

July 7-12 Skirmishes, Laurel Hill and Belington INDIANA--7th and 9th Infantry.

OHIO--Barnett's Battery Light Arty.; 14th Infantry. Union loss, 2 killed, 6 wounded. Total, 8.

July 10 Skirmish, Belington INDIANA--9th Infantry.

July 10 Skirmish, Camp Garnett, Rich Mountain.. MICHIGAN--Battery "A" 1st Light Arty.

OHIO--4th and 9th Infantry.

July 11 Engagement, Camp Garnett, Rich Mountain INDIANA--8th, 10th and 13th Infantry.

MICHIGAN-Battery "A" 1st Light Arty. OHIO--Burdsall's Dragoons; 3d, 4th and 19th Infantry.

Union loss, 12 killed, 59 wounded. Total, 71.

July 11-13 Expedition to Romney INDIANA--11th Infantry.

July 12 Capture of Beverley OHIO---4th and 9th Infantry.

July 13-17 Pursuit of Garnett's forces INDIANA--7th and 9th Infantry. OHIO--Barnett's

Battery Light Arty.; 14th Infantry.

July 13 Skirmish, Red House KENTUCKY--2d Infantry (Cos. "A," "B," "D," "F," "K"). Union

loss, 1 killed.

July 13-14 Action, Carrick's Ford INDIANA--7th and 9th Infantry. OHIO--Barnett's Battery

Light Arty.; 14th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA-Ringgold Cavalry. Union loss, 13 killed, 40

wounded. Total, 53.

July 15 Action, Bunker Hill PENNSYLVANIA--McMullin's Rangers; 21st and 23d Infantry.

RHODE ISLAND--1st Battery Light Arty. UNITED STATES--2d Cavalry (Detachment).

July 16 Skirmish, Barboursville KENTUCKY--2d Infantry. Union loss, 1 killed, 1 wounded.

Total, 2.

July 17 Action, Scarry Creek, Scarrytown KENTUCKY--2d Infantry. OHIO--Burdsall's and

George's Cavalry Companies; Barnett's Battery Light Arty.; 11th and 21st Infantry. Union loss, 9

killed, 38 wounded. Total, 47.

July 21 Picket Affair, Charlestown PENNSYLVANIA--14th Infantry.

Aug. 5 Skirmish. Rich Mountain OHIO--Burdsall's Cavalry Co.

Aug. 13 Skirmish, Grafton WEST VIRGINIA--4th Infantry (Co. "A").

Aug. 20 Skirmish, Hawk's Nest OHIO---12th Infantry. Union loss, 3 wounded.

Aug. 20 Skirmish, Laurel Fork Creek WEST VIRGINIA--2d Infantry.

Aug. 23 Skirmish, Springfield (No Reports.)

Aug. 25 Skirmish near Piggot's Mill, Big Run OHIO--11th Infantry.

Aug. 26 Skirmish, Blue's House (No Reports.)

Aug. 26 Skirmish, Cross Lanes, near Summerville.. OHIO--7th Infantry. Union loss, 5

killed, 40 wounded, 200 missing. Total, 245.

Aug. 26-27 Skirmish, Wayne Court House WEST VIRGINIA--5th Infantry.

Aug. 28 Skirmish, Gauley Bridge KENTUCKY--1st Infantry.

Sept. -- Skirmish, Hanging Rock Pass Confederate Reports.

Sept. 1 Skirmish, Boone Court House KENTUCKY--1st Infantry. OHIO--26th Infantry.

Sept. 1 Skirmish, Blue Creek (No Reports.)

Sept. 1 Skirmish, Gauley Bridge KENTUCKY--2d Infantry.

Sept. 2 Skirmish, Burlington PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry.

Sept. 2 Skirmish, Worthington, Marion County OHIO--8th Infantry.

Sept. 2 Skirmish, Beller's Mills, near Harper's Ferry MASSACHUSETTS--13th Infantry.

Sept. 2 Skirmish, Hawk's Nest (No details.)

Sept. 6 Skirmish, Rowell's Run WEST VIRGINIA--3d Infantry.

Sept. 7 Skirmish, Petersburg OHIO--4th Infantry (3 Cos.).

Sept. 9 Skirmish, Shepardstown MARYLAND---1st Infantry (Cos. "E," "G").

Sept. 10 Engagement, Carnifax Ferry, Gauley River ILLINOIS--Schambeck's Chicago

Dragoons. OHIO---1st Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 9th, 10th, 12th, 13th, 23d, 28th, 30th and 47th

Infantry. Union loss, 17 killed, 141 wounded. Total, 158.

Sept. 11 Skirmish, Elkwater INDIANA--15th and 17th Infantry. OHIO--3d Infantry.

Sept. 11-12 Skirmish, Point Mt. Turnpike INDIANA--17th Infantry.

Sept. 11-17 Operations on Cheat Mountain INDIANA--Wilder's Battery Light Arty.; 13th,

14th, 15th, and 17th Infantry. MICHIGAN--Battery "A" 1st Light Arty. OHIO---3d, 6th, 24th and

25th Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--2d Infantry.

1861.

Sept. 12 Skirmish, Coal River (No Reports.)

Sept. 12 Skirmish, Petersburg INDIANA--Wilder's Battery Light Arty. OHIO--4th Infantry.

PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry.

Sept. 12 Skirmish, Cheat Summit INDIANA--14th Infantry. OHIO--24th and 25th

Infantry.

Sept. 12 Skirmish, Peytonia KENTUCKY--1st Infantry.

Sept. 12 Action, Cheat Mountain Pass INDIANA--Wilder's Battery Light Arty.; 13th, 14th,

15th and 17th Infantry. OHIO--3d, 6th, 24th and 25th Infantry. MICHIGAN--Battery "A" 1st

Light Arty. WEST VIRGINIA--2d Infantry. Union loss, 9 killed, 12 wounded. T

otal, 21.

Sept. 13 Skirmish, Elkwater INDIANA--Wilder's Battery Light Arty.

Sept. 14 Skirmish, Elkwater INDIANA--17th Infantry.

Sept. 16 Skirmish, Princeton OHIO--3d Indpt. Cavalry Company.

Sept. 17 Skirmish; Harper's Ferry (No Reports.)

Sept. 23 Action, Romney-Hanging Rock OHIO--4th and 8th Infantry.

PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA--3d Infantry. Union loss, 3 killed, 50

wounded. Total, 53.

Sept. 23 Skirmish, Cassville WEST VIRGINIA--5th Infantry.

Sept. 23-25 Engagement, Romney OHIO--4th and 8th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold

Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA--3d Infantry.

Sept. 25 Action, Chapmansville KENTUCKY--1st Infantry. OHIO--34th Infantry.

Union loss, 4 killed, 9 wounded. Total, 13.

Sept. 25 Action, Kanawha Gap OHIO--34th Infantry.

Oct. 3-4 Engagement, Greenbrier River, Cheat Mountain INDIANA--Bracken's Cavalry

Company; 7th, 9th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 17th Infantry. MICHIGAN--Battery "A" 1st Light Arty.

OHIO--Bowen's and Robinson's Cavalry Companies; 24th, 25th and 32d Infantry. PENN

SYLVANIA--Washington County Cavalry Company. WEST VIRGINIA--Battery "A" Light Arty.

UNITED STATES--Battery "G" 4th Arty. Union loss, 8 killed, 35 wounded. Total, 43.

Oct. 11 Skirmish, Harper's Ferry NEW YORK--31st Infantry. WISCONSIN--3d Infantry.

Oct. 13 Skirmish, Cotton Hill

Cct. 16 Action, Bolivar Heights, near Harper's Ferry KENTUCKY--Simmons' Battery Light Arty.

MASSACHUSETTS--13th Infantry (Cos. 'T' and "K"). NEW YORK--9th Indpt. Battery Light

Arty. PENNSYLVANIA--28th Infantry (Cos. "D," "F," "G"). RHODE ISLAND--Batter

y "A" 1st Light Arty. Union loss, 4 killed, 7 wounded, 2 missing. Total, 13.

Oct. 19 Nov. 16.. Operations in Kanawha Valley and New River Region KENTUCKY--

1st and 2d Infantry. OHIO--7th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 23d, 26th, 28th, 30th, 37th, 44th and 47th

Infantry.

Oct. 19-21 Skirmishes, New River OHIO--28th Infantry.

Oct. 23 Skirmish, Gauley Bridge KENTUCKY--1st Infantry.

Oct. 26 Engagement, Romney-Mill Creek Mills OHIO--4th and 8th Infantry.

PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA--3d, 4th and 7th Infantry. Union loss, 2

killed, 15 wounded. Total, 17.

Oct. 26 Skirmish, South Branch Bridge MARYLAND--2d Potomac Home Brigade Infantry.

Union loss, 1 killed, 6 wounded. Total, 7.

Oct. 26 Skirmish, Springfield (No Reports.)

Oct. 31 Skirmish, Greenbrier OHIO--24th Infantry.

Nov. 1 Skirmish, Gauley Bridge, New River OHIO--13th Infantry.

Nov. 3 Skirmish, Gauley Bridge or Cotton Hill OHIO--13th Infantry.

Nov. 4 Skirmish, Fayetteville (No Reports.)

Nov. 8-14 Operations, Townsend's Ferry Schenck's Brigade Army W. Va.

Nov. 10 Skirmish, Guyandotte WEST VIRGINIA--1st Cavalry (Detachment); 9th Infantry

(Recruits). Union loss, 7 killed, 20 wounded. Total, 27.

Nov. 10 Skirmish, Gauley Bridge KENTUCKY--1st and 2d Infantry. OHIO--11th

Infantry. Union loss, 2 killed, 16 wounded. Total, 18.

Nov. 10-11 Skirmish, Blake's Farm, Cotton Hill KENTUCKY--2d Infantry. OHIO--11th

Infantry. Union loss, 2 killed, 1 wounded, 6 missing. Total, 9.

Nov. 12 Skirmish, Cotton Hill OHIO--13th Infantry.

Nov. 12 Skirmish, Laurel Creek, Fayette County... OHIO--12th (Co. "H") and 13th (Co.

"A") Infantry. Union loss, 1 killed, 2 wounded. Total, 3.

Nov. 13 Skirmish near Romney PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry.

Nov. 14 Skirmish, McCoy's Mills OHIO--7th, 13th and 37th Infantry.

Nov. 19 Skirmish, Wirt Court House WEST VIRGINIA--1st Cavalry (Detachment).

Nov. 30 Skirmish, Little Cacapon River (No Reports.)

Dec. 8 Skirmish, Romney OHIO--5th Infantry.

Dec. 12 Skirmish, Greenbrier River INDIANA--9th Infantry.

Dec. 13 Engagement, Camp Allegheny, Allegheny Mountain, Buffalo Mountain

INDIANA--Bracken's Cavalry Company; Wilder's Battery Light Arty.; 9th and 13th

Infantry. OHIO--25th and 32d Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--Battery "G" Light Arty.; 2d Infantry.

Union loss,

20 killed, 107 wounded. 10 missing. Total, 137.

Dec. 15-21 Expedition to Meadow Bluff OHIO--36th Infantry (Cos. "B," "E," "H").

Dec. 25 Skirmish, Cherry Run MARYLAND--1st Infantry (Co. "A").

Dec. 28 Occupation of Beckley By Union forces.

Dec. 28 Occupation of Raleigh Court House OHIO--23d Infantry.

Nov. 29 Capture of Suttonville, Braxton C. H WEST VIRGINIA--1st Cavalry (1 Co.).

Dec. 29-30 Skirmishes in Clay, Braxton and Webster Counties WEST VIRGINIA--1st

Cavalry; 3d Infantry.

Dec. 31-Jan. 6, '62 Expedition to Huntersville INDIANA--Bracken's Cavalry Co. OHIO--

25th Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--2d Infantry.

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