West Virginia Battles
1864



 


1864.

Jan. 1 Skirmish, Bunker Hill PENNSYLVANIA--12th Cavalry (Detachment).

Jan. 3 Reconnoissance from Charleston and Skirmish at Winchester, Va PENNSYLVANIA--

21st Cavalry.

Jan. 3 Action, Moorefield Junction WEST VIRGINIA--10th Infantry.

Jan. 4 Skirmish, Ridgeville MARYLAND---2d P. H. B. Infantry.

Jan. 8 Skirmish, Moorefield Junction MARYLAND---2d P. H. B. Infantry.

Jan. 10 Skirmish, Petersburg PENNSYLVANIA--Washington County Cavalry Company.

Jan. 15 Skirmish, Petersburg (No Reports.)

Jan. 23-25 Scout from Charlestown to Woodstock, Va. NEW YORK--1st Cavalry.

Jan. 27 Skirmish near Wayne Court House WEST VIRGINIA--3d Cavalry (Co. "G").

Jan. 27-Feb. 7 Operations in Hampshire and Hardy Counties CONNECTICUT--1st Cavalry

(Detachment). ILLINOIS-23d Infantry. MARYLAND---2d Cavalry (Detachment); Cole's 1st P. H.

B. Cavalry; 2d P. H. B. Infantry. MASSACHUSETTS---34th Infantry. MICHIGAN--6th Cav

alry (Detachment). NEW YORK--1st, 15th and 21st Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold

Battalion Cavalry; Greenfield's Company Cavalry; 3d and 4th Reserve Infantry; 54th Infantry.

WEST VIRGINIA--4th, 5th and 6th Cavalry; Batteries "D," "E," "F" and "G," Light Ar

ty.; 1st, 12th, 14th and 15th Infantry.

1864.

Jan. 30 Action, Medley ILLINOIS--23d Infantry. MARYLAND--2d P. H. B. Infantry

(Detachment). PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry Battalion and La Fayette County Cavalry

Company. Union loss, 5 killed, 35 wounded, 35 missing. Total, 75.

Jan. 30 Evacuation of Petersburg MARYLAND--2d P. H. B. Infantry. PENNSYLVANIARinggold

Cavalry Battalion and La Fayette County Cavalry Company. WEST VIRGINIA--1st and

14th Infantry.

Feb. 1 Skirmish, Burlington PENNSYLVANIA--La Fayette County Cavalry Company.

Feb. 2 Skirmish near Romney MARYLAND--2d Cavalry (Detachment). MICHIGAN-6th

Cavalry (Detachment). NEW YORK--1st Cavalry.

Feb. 2 Skirmish, Springfield WEST VIRGINIA--5th and 6th Cavalry; Battery "G," Light Arty.

Feb. 2 Skirmish, Patterson's Creek PENNSYLVANIA--54th Infantry (Co. "F"). Union loss, 2

killed, 10 wounded, 5 missing. Total, 17.

Feb. 3 Affair at Red House, Kanawha River Capture of Steamer "Levi" and Gen. E. P. Scammon.

Feb. 4 Skirmish, Moorefield CONNECTICUT--1st Cavalry (Detachment). MARYLAND --Cole's

1st P. H. B. Cavalry (Detachment). MICHIGAN --6th Cavalry (Detachment). NEW YORK--1st

Cavalry (Detachment). PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry Battalion and Washington County

Cavalry Company. Union loss, 60 killed and wounded.

Feb. 5 Skirmish, Smithfield MICHIGAN--6th Cavalry (Detachment).

Feb. 12 Skirmish, Rock House, Wayne County KENTUCKY--14th Infantry.

Feb. 15 Skirmish, Laurel Creek, Wayne County KENTUCKY--14th and 39th Infantry.

Feb. 20 Skirmish near Hurricane Bridge WEST VIRGINIA--3d Cavalry (Detachment).

Union loss, 1 killed.

Feb. 21-22 Scout from New Creek to Moorefield ILLINOIS--23d Infantry (Detachment).

Feb. 29-March 5.. Expedition to Petersburg and Destruction of Saltpetre Works near Franklin

NEW YORK--15th Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry Battalion

(Detachment).

March 3 Skirmish near Petersburg PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry Battalion.

Union loss, 7 missing.

March 10 Skirmish near Charlestown and Kablestown NEW YORK--1st Veteran Cavalry.

Union loss, 4 killed, 15 wounded, 4 missing. Total, 23.

March 16-18 Scout in Cabell and Wayne Counties WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry.

March 19 Skirmish, Bath WEST VIRGINIA--15th Infantry.

March 19 Affair at Marling's Bottom (No Reports.)

March 28 Affair at Bloomery Gap (No Reports.)

April 30-May 16.. Expedition (Sigel's) from Martinsburg to New Market

CONNECTICUT--18th Infantry. MARYLAND--Battery "B," Light Arty.; 1st P. H. B.

Cavalry. MASSACHUSETTS --34th Infantry. NEW YORK--1st Lincoln, 1st Veteran, 15th

(Detachment) and 21st Caval

ry; 5th Heavy Arty. (Cos. "A," "B," "C," "D"); 30th Indpt. Battery Light Arty. OHIO--28th, 116th

and 123d Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--14th, 20th and 22d Cavalry (Detachments); 54th Infantry.

WEST VIRGINIA--Batteries "D" and "G," Light Arty.; 1st and 12th Infa

ntry. UNITED STATES--Battery "B," 5th Arty.

April 10 Skirmish, Little Cacapon PENNSYLVANIA--54th Infantry (Co. "K").

May 2-19 Expedition (Crook's) against Virginia & Tennessee R.R KENTUCKY--1st

Battery Light Arty. OHIO--12th, 23d, 34th (Detachment), 36th and 91st Infantry; 1st Indpt. Battery

Light Arty. PENNSYLVANIA--3d and 4th Reserve Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--5th and 7

th Cavalry; 9th, 11th, 14th and 15th Infantry.

May 3 Raid on Bulltown WEST VIRGINIA--6th Infantry (Detachment).

May 5 Raid on Baltimore & Ohio R. R. between Bloomfield and Piedmont ILLINOIS--

Battery "L," 1st Light Arty. (1 gun); 23d Infantry (Detachment).

May 5-19 Raid (Averill's) on Virginia & Tennessee R. R OHIO--34th Infantry.

PENNSYLVANIA--14th Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA--1st, 2d and 3d Cavalry.

May 6 Skirmish, Princeton OHIO--12th Infantry (Cos. "A," "D").

May 9 Affair, Halltown Picket Attack.

May 10 Skirmish, Lost River Gap PENNSYLVANIA--22d Cavalry.

May 10 Skirmish, Newbern Bridge OHIO--91st Infantry.

May 10 Skirmish, Cove Gap OHIO--34th Infantry.

May 10 Skirmish, Princeton WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry.

May 15-30 Scout from Beverly through Pocahontas, Webster and Braxton Counties WEST

VIRGINIA--10th Infantry.

May 19 Skirmish, Meadow Bluff WEST VIRGINIA--15th Infantry.

May 24 Skirmish, Lewisburg WEST VIRGINIA--1st Cavalry (Detachment).

May 24 Skirmish near Charlestown Scouting Party.

May 24 Skirmish, Meadow Bluff OHIO--23d Infantry.

May 29 Skirmish, Hamlin WEST VIRGINIA--3d Cavalry.

June 4 Skirmish, Panther Gap WEST VIRGINIA--11th Infantry. Union loss, 25 killed,

wounded and missing.

June 6 Skirmish near Moorefield PENNSYLVANIA--22d Cavalry (Detachment). Union loss, 4

killed, 6 wounded. Total, 10.

June 10 Skirmish, White Sulphur Springs WEST VIRGINIA--1st Cavalry.

June 10 Skirmish, Kablestown WEST VIRGINIA--6th Cavalry (Detachment).

June 11 Raid on Arrington's Depot (No Reports.)

June 16 Skirmish, Spencer WEST VIRGINIA--11th Infantry.

June 19 Affair near Petersburg WEST VIRGINIA--Pendleton Home Guard.

June 22 Skirmish, Greenbrier Gap OHIO--152d Infantry.

June 23 Skirmish, Sweet Sulphur Springs OHIO--152d Infantry.

June 23 Skirmish, Cove Gap WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry.

June 26 Skirmishes, Wire Bridge and Springfield... WEST VIRGINIA--6th Cavalry

(Detachment). Union loss, 60.

June 26 Skirmish, Smithfield PENNSYLVANIA--13th Cavalry.

June 29 Engagement, Charlestown and Duffield Station PENNSYLVANIA--12th

Cavalry. MARYLAND--13th Infantry. Union loss, 58 killed, wounded and missing.

July 2 Skirmish, Bolivar Heights PENNSYLVANIA--12th Cavalry.

July 3 Skirmish, Hammack's Mills OHIO--153d Infantry. Union loss, 3 killed, 7 wounded. Total,

10.

July 3 Engagement, LeetownILLINOIS--23d Infantry. NEW YORK--1st Cavalry.

PENNSYLVANIA--22d Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA-Battery "B," Light Arty.; 10th Infantry.

Union loss, 3 killed, 12 wounded, 17 missing. Total, 32.

July 3 Action, North Mountain OHIO--153d Infantry. Union loss, 300 killed, wounded and

missing.

1864.

July 3 Skirmish, North River Mills (No Reports.)

July 3 Skirmish, Darkesville PENNSYLVANIA--22d Cavalry.

July 3 Skirmish, Martinsburg NEW YORK--1st Cavalry.

July 4 Skirmish, Frankfort WEST VIRGINIA--6th Cavalry.

July 4 Skirmish, South Branch Bridge OHIO---153d Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--6th

Infantry (Detachment). Union loss, 2 wounded.

July 4 Skirmish, Patterson's Creek Bridge OHIO--153d Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--6th

Infantry (Detachments).

July 4 Skirmish. Harper's Ferry NEW YORK----5th Heavy Arty.

July 4-7 Operations about Harper's Ferry ILLINOIS--23d Infantry. NEW YORK--5th

Heavy Arty. OHIO--135th, 160th and 161st Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--22d Cavalry. WEST

VIRGINIA--Battery "B." Light Arty.; 10th Infantry.

July 5 Skirmish, Harper's Ferry WEST VIRGINIA--Battery "B," Light Arty.

July 6 Skirmish, Big Cacapon Bridge (No Reports.)

July 6 Skirmish, Sir John's Run OHIO--153d Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--6th Infantry

(Detachments).

July 17 Skirmish, Martinsburg PENNSYLVANIA--20th Cavalry.

July 17 Skirmish, Charlestown PENNSYLVANIA--12th Cavalry.

July 18 Affair, Kablestown (No Reports.)

July 18 Affair, Halltown (No Reports.)

July 19 Skirmish, Darkesville (No Reports.)

July 19 Action, Charlestown NEW YORK--30th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.

July 19 Skirmish, Bunker Hill OHIO--1st Indpt. Battery Light Arty. WEST VIRGINIA --3d

Cavalry.

July 19 Skirmish, Kablestown OHIO--36th Infantry.

July 24 Skirmish, Falling Waters WEST VIRGINIA--1st Cavalry.

July 25 Skirmish, Bunker Hill MARYLAND--1st P. H. B. Cavalry. NEW YORK--1st Lincoln, 1st

Veteran, 15th and 21st Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA--12th, 20th and 22d Cavalry. WEST

VIRGINIA --Battery "B," Light Arty.

July 25 Engagement, Martinsburg MARYLAND--1st P. H. B. Cavalry. NEW YORK--1st

Lincoln. 1st Veteran, 15th and 21st Cavalry; 5th Heavy Arty. OHIO--8th Cavalry; 23d, 34th, 36th

and 91st Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--12th, 14th, 20th and 22d Cavalry; 54th Infantry.

WEST VIRGINIA--3d Cavalry; Battery "B," Light Arty.; 5th, 9th, 13th and 14th Infantry.

July 26 Action, Falling Waters MARYLAND---1st P. U. B. Cavalry.

July 26 Skirmish, Martinsburg WEST VIRGINIA--3d Cavalry.

July 27 Skirmish. Back Creek Bridge WEST VIRGINIA--6th Cavalry; 6th Infantry.

July 28 Skirmish, Cherry Run PENNSYLVANIA--12th Cavalry.

July 30 Skirmish near Shepherdstown(No Reports.)

Aug. 2 Action, Green Springs Run, or Depot OHIO--153d Infantry (Detachment). Union loss, 1

killed, 5 wounded, 90 missing. Total, 96.

Aug. 4 Action, New Creek ILLINOIS--Battery "L," 1st Light Arty. (Section). MARYLAND---

2d P. H. B. Cavalry (2 Cos.). OHIO--154th Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--Battery "H," Light Arty.;

6th Infantry (2 Cos.). Union loss, 8 killed, 29 wounded. Total, 37.

Aug. 5 Skirmish, Huttonsville OHIO--8th Cavalry.

Aug. 7 Engagement near Moorefield (Oldfield) NEW YORK--1st Cavalry. OHIO---8th

Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA--14th and 22d Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA --1st, 2d and 3d Cavalry.

Union loss, 9 killed, 22 wounded. Total, 31.

Aug. 15 Skirmish near Charlestown (No Reports.)

Aug. 19 Skirmish, Franklin WEST VIRGINIA--3d Cavalry.

Aug. 20 Skirmish, Bulltown WEST VIRGINIA--6th Infantry.

Aug. 21 Skirmish, Middleway NEW JERSEY--3d Cavalry.

Aug. 21-22 Skirmishes near Charlestown, Flowing or Welch's Springs MAINE--7th Infantry.

MARYLAND--1st P. H. B. Cavalry MASSACHUSETTS--2d Cavalry; 37th Infantry. NEW

JERSEY--4th Infantry. NEW YORK--1st Veteran, 15th, 21st and 22d Cavalry; 9th Heavy Arty.;

49th, 106th and 121st Infantry. OHIO--2d Cavalry; 116th and 122d Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--

18th and 22d Cavalry; 61st, 87th, 93d, 96th and 139th Infantry. VERMONT--1st Heavy Arty.; 2d,

3d, 4th, 5th and 6th Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--13th Infantry.

Aug. 22-23 Skirmish, Summit Point MASSACHUSETTS--2d Cavalry. NEW JERSEY--3d

Cavalry. NEW YORK--9th and 19th (1st Dragoons) Cavalry. OHIO--2d Cavalry.

PENNSYLVANIA--6th, 17th and 22d Cavalry; 95th Infantry. UNITED STATES-1st Cavalry.

Union loss, 600 killed

, wounded and missing.

Aug. 22-23 Skirmishes, Halltown ILLINOIS--23d Infantry.

Aug. 23 Skirmish, Kearneysville MICHIGAN--1st and 7th Cavalry.

Aug. 24 Skirmish, Summit Point OHIO--23d and 36th Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--5th

Infantry.

Aug. 24 Skirmish, Bolivar Heights OHIO--34th Infantry.

Aug. 24 Skirmish, Huttonsville OHIO--8th Cavalry (Detachment).

Aug. 24 Skirmish, Sutton WEST VIRGINIA--6th Infantry.

Aug. 24 Skirmish, Moorefield OHIO--8th Cavalry.

Aug. 24 Action, Charlestown OHIO---91st Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--96th Infantry.

Aug. 24 Skirmish, Halltown OHIO--34th and 91st Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--9th and

14th Infantry. Union loss, 9 killed, 37 wounded, 16 missing. Total, 62.

Aug. 25 Skirmish, Halltown UNITED STATES---1st and 2d Cavalry.

Aug. 25 Skirmish, Martinsburg WEST VIRGINIA--3d Cavalry.

Aug. 25 Action near Kearneysville INDIANA--3d Cavalry. MICHIGAN--1st, 5th, 6th

and 7th Cavalry. NEW HAMPSHIRE---1st Cavalry. NEW JERSEY--3d Cavalry. NEW YORK--

2d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 19th, 22d and 25th Cavalry. OHIO--2d Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA--6th,

17

th and 18th Cavalry. VERMONT--1st Cavalry. UNITED STATES--1st, 2d and 5th Cavalry;

Batteries "K & L," 1st Arty.; "D" and "M," 2d Arty.; "C," "F" and "K," 3d Arty. Union loss, 20

killed. 61 wounded, 100 missing. Total, 181.

Aug. 25 Action near Shepherdstown MICHIGAN--1st, 5th, 6th and 7th Cavalry. NEW

YORK --4th, 6th and 9th Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA--17th Cavalry.

1864.

Aug. 26 Skirmish near Charlestown MARYLAND---6th Infantry. OHIO--91st Infantry.

Aug. 26 Action, Halltown OHIO---23d, 34th, 36th and 91st Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA-

-5th, 9th, 13th and 14th Infantry. Union loss, 30 killed, 141 wounded. Total, 171.

Aug. 27 Skirmish, Nutter Hill WEST VIRGINIA--6th Infantry.

Aug. 27 Skirmish, Duffield Station NEW YORK--25th Cavalry.

Aug. 28 Skirmishes, Leetown and Smithfield MICHIGAN--1st, 5th, 6th and 7th Cavalry.

NEW YORK --4th, 6th, 9th and 19th Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA-6th and 17th Cavalry. UNITED

STATES--1st and 2d Cavalry; Batteries "K & L," 1st Arty.; "D," 2d Arty.

Aug. 29 Skirmish, Charlestown NEW YORK--9th Heavy Arty. OHIO--110th, 116th

and 122d Infantry.

Aug. 29 Skirmish, Wormley's Gap OHIO--91st Infantry (Detachment).

Aug. 29 Engagement, Smithfield Crossing of the Opequan MICHIGAN--1st, 5th, 6th and

7th Cavalry. NEW YORK --4th, 6th, 9th and 19th Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA-6th and 17th

Cavalry. UNITED STATES--1st and 2d Cavalry; Batteries "K & L," 1st Arty.; "D," 2d Arty. Un

ion loss, 10 killed, 90 wounded. Total, 100.

Aug. 30 Skirmish, Summit Point MARYLAND---1st P. H. B. Cavalry.

Aug. 30 Skirmish, Smithfield (No Reports.)

Aug. 31 Skirmish, Charlestown INDIANA--11th Infantry.

Aug. 31 Action, Martinsburg OHIO--8th Cavalry. NEW YORK--1st (Lincoln) Cavalry.

PENNSYLVANIA--14th and 22d Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA-1st, 2d and 3d Cavalry. UNITED

STATES-Battery "L," 5th Arty.

Sept. 1 Skirmish, Opequan Creek VERMONT--3d Infantry.

Sept. 2 Skirmish, Darkesville PENNSYLVANIA--22d Cavalry. Union loss, 50 killed, wounded and

missing.

Sept. 2-3 Action, Bunker Hill OHIO--8th Cavalry. NEW YORK--1st (Lincoln) Cavalry.

PENNSYLVANIA--14th and 22d Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA-1st, 2d and 3d Cavalry. UNITED

STATES-Battery "L," 5th Arty.

Sept. 4 Action, Martinsburg WEST VIRGINIA--3d Cavalry.

Sept. 4 Skirmish, Charlestown NEW YORK--159th Infantry.

Sept. 5 Skirmish near Bunker Hill WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry.

Sept. 8 Skirmish, Beech Fork, Calhoun County (No Reports.)

Sept. 9 Skirmish, Charlestown MICHIGAN--5th Cavalry.

Sept. 10 Skirmish, Darkesville OHIO--8th Cavalry. NEW YORK--1st (Lincoln) Cavalry.

PENNSYLVANIA--14th and 22d Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA--1st, 2d and 3d Cavalry. UNITED

STATES-Battery "L," 5th Arty.

Sept. 13 Skirmish, Bunker Hill OHIO--8th Cavalry. NEW YORK--1st (Lincoln) Cavalry.

PENNSYLVANIA--14th and 22d Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA--1st, 2d and 3d Cavalry. UNITED

STATES-Battery "L," 5th Arty.

Sept. 14 Skirmish near Centreville WEST VIRGINIA--1st Cavalry (Detachment).

Sept. 17 Skirmish, Charlestown WEST VIRGINIA--1st Cavalry.

Sept. 18 Action near Martinsburg OHIO---8th Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA--22d

Cavalry.

Sept. 23-Oct. 1... Operations in Kanawha Valley NEW YORK--1st Cavalry. WEST

VIRGINIA--7th Cavalry.

Sept. 27 Skirmish, Charlestown PENNSYLVANIA--12th Cavalry.

Sept. 27-28 Skirmishes, Buckhannon WEST VIRGINIA--3d Cavalry.

Sept. 30 Skirmish, Coalsmouth WREST VIRGINIA--7th Cavalry.

Oct. 11 Skirmish near Petersburg WEST VIRGINIA--Pendleton Home Guard.

Oct. 14 Skirmish, Duffield Station (No Reports.)

Oct. 25 Skirmish, Bunker Hill MAINE--30th Infantry.

Oct. 26 Skirmish, Warfield WEST VIRGINIA--7th Cavalry (1 Co.).

Oct. 29 Skirmish, Beverly OHIO--8th Cavalry (Detachment). Union loss, 8 killed, 25 wounded,

13 missing. Total, 46.

Nov. 1 Skirmish, Green Springs Run NEW YORK--15th Cavalry (Detachment).

Nov. 5-12 Operations in Kanawha Valley against Witcher NEW YORK--1st Cavalry.

WEST VIRGINIA--7th Cavalry.

Nov. 6-8 Expedition from New Creek to Moorefield.. ILLINOIS--Battery "L," 1st Light Arty.

WEST VIRGINIA--5th Cavalry; 6th Cavalry (Detachments).

Nov. 12 Skirmish, Halltown PENNSYLVANIA--12th Cavalry.

Nov. 18 Skirmish, Kablestown OHIO--36th and 91st Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--13th

Infantry.

Nov. 20 Skirmish, Kablestown OHIO--23d Infantry.

Nov. 27-28 Skirmishes, Moorefield ILLINOIS--Battery "L," 1st Light Arty (Section).

WEST VIRGINIA--6th Cavalry.

Nov. 23 Affair, New Creek ILLINOIS--Battery "L," 1st Light Arty. WEST VIRGINIA--

6th and 6th Cavalry; Battery "E," Light Arty.; 6th Infantry.

Nov. 28 Skirmish, Piedmont WEST VIRGINIA--6th Infantry (Co. "A").

Nov. 28-Dec. 2 Expedition from Kernstown to Moorefield.. NEW YORK--2d Cavalry,

Nov. 29 Skirmish, Charlestown PENNSYLVANIA--12th Cavalry (Detachment).

Nov. 30 Skirmish, Kablestown OHIO--23d Infantry.

Dec. 2 Skirmish, Moorefield NEW YORK--2d Cavalry.

Dec. 10 Skirmish, Kearneyville OHIO--2d Cavalry.

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