West Virginia Battles
1862



 


1862.

Jan. 3-4 Skirmishes, Bath, Hancock, Great Cacapon Bridge, Alpine Station and Sir John's

Run ILLINOIS--39th Infantry. INDIANA--13th Infantry. MARYLAND--1st Cavalry.

PENNSYLVANIA--84th Infantry. Union loss, 3 killed, 8 missing. Total, 11.

Jan. 3 Descent on Huntersville INDIANA--Bracken's Cavalry Co. OHIO---25th Infantry.

WEST VIRGINIA--2d Infantry. Union loss, 1 wounded.

Jan. 3 Skirmish near Bath ILLINOIS--39th Infantry (Co. "D").

Jan. 6-7 Expedition to Blue's Gap INDIANA--14th Infantry. OHIO---4th, 5th, 7th and

8th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry, Washington County Cavalry Co. WEST

VIRGINIA--1st Cavalry; Battery "A" Light Arty.; 1st Infantry. UNITED STATES--Battery "G" 4t

h Arty.

Jan. 7 Action, Bloomery Gap MARYLAND--1st Cavalry.

1862.

Jan. 7 Action, Hanging Rock Pass, Blue's Gap, Romney INDIANA--14th Infantry. OHIO--4th,

5th, 7th and 8th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry, Washington County Cavalry Co.

WEST VIRGINIA--1st Cavalry; Battery "A" Light Arty.; 1st Infantry. UNITED S

TATES--Battery "O" 4th Arty.

Jan. 8 Skirmish, Dry Fork, Cheat River WEST VIRGINIA--2d Infantry (Co. "B"). Union loss,

6 wounded.

Jan. 10 Skirmish, Romney OHIO--4th Infantry.

Jan. 12-23 Expedition to Logan Court House and the Guyandotte OHIO--37th Infantry.

Feb. 4 Skirmish, Bloomery Gap OHIO--1st Cavalry.

Feb. 8 Skirmish, Mouth of Blue Stone OHIO--23d Infantry.

Feb. 8 Skirmish, Linn Creek, Logan County WEST VIRGINIA--5th Infantry (Detachment). Union

loss, 1 killed, 1 wounded. Total, 2.

Feb. 9 Skirmish, Bloomery Gap OHIO--8th Infantry.

Feb. 12 Skirmish, Bloomfield OHIO--55th Infantry.

Feb. 14 Skirmish, Bloomery Gap OHIO--8th Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--1st

Cavalry, 7th Infantry. Union loss, 2 killed, 5 wounded. Total, 7.

Feb. 15 Skirmish, Bloomen WEST VIRGINIA--1st Cavalry.

March 3 Skirmish, Martinsburg (No Reports.)

March 5 Skirmish, Bunker Hill MARYLAND--1st (P. H. B.) Cavalry. NEW YORK--3d

Cavalry.

March 19 Skirmish, Elk Mountain WEST VIRGINIA--3d Infantry.

March 20 Skirmish, Phillippi WEST VIRGINIA--1st Cavalry.

April 3 Skirmish, Moorefield CONNECTICUT--1st Cavalry.

April 12 Raid from Fairmount to Valley River and Boothsville WEST VIRGINIA--6th

Infantry (Co. "A").

April 12 Skirmish, Valley River WEST VIRGINIA--6th Infantry (Co. "A").

March 17-21 Expedition from Summerville to Addison.. OHIO--36th Infantry (Cos. "E," "G/'

"I," "K").

April 17 Skirmish, Holly River WEST VIRGINIA--10th Infantry. Union loss, 3 wounded.

April 18 Skirmish, Chapmansville OHIO---44th Infantry.

April 23 Skirmish, Grass Lick. MARYLAND--1st (P. H. B.) Cavalry; 3d (P. H. B.) Infantry.

WEST VIRGINIA--3d Cavalry (Detachments). Union loss, 3 killed.

April 26 Skirmish, Gordonsville and Keezletown Cross Roads (No Reports.)

April 27 Skirmish, Garrett's Mill (No Reports.)

May 1 Skirmish, Camp Creek OHIO--23d Infantry (Co. "C"). Union loss, 1 killed, 20

wounded. Total, 21.

May 1 Skirmish, Clark's Hollow OHIO--23d Infantry (Co. "C"). Union loss, 1 killed, 21

wounded. Total, 22.

May 5 Skirmish, Princeton OHIO--23d Infantry.

May 5 Skirmish, Franklin WEST VIRGINIA--3d Cavalry.

May 6 Skirmishes, Arnoldsburg and Camp McDonald WEST VIRGINIA--11th infantry.

May 7 Skirmish, Wardensville MARYLAND---3d (P. H. B.) Infantry; Firey's Company

Cavalry.

May 7 Skirmish, Giles' Court House OHIO--23d Infantry.

May 8-21 Scouts to Roane and Clay Counties WEST VIRGINIA--1st Cavalry; 9th and 11th

Infantry (Detachments).

May 10-12 Skirmishes near Franklin CONNECTICUT--1st Cavalry. INDIANA--Wilder's

Battery Light Arty. MARYLAND 3d (P. H. B.) Infantry. OHIO--82d Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--

5th Infantry.

May 10 Action, Giles' Court House OHIO--23d Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--1st Cavalry

(Detachment).

May 11 Skirmish, Princeton OHIO--28th Infantry.

May 12 Skirmish, Lewisburg WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry.

May 15 Skirmish, Wolf Creek OHIO--28th Infantry (Detachment).

May 15 Skirmish, Ravenswood WEST VIRGINIA--6th Infantry.

May 15-17 Skirmishes at and near Princeton KENTUCKY--Simmons' Battery Light Arty.

OHIO-28th, 34th and 37th Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry (Detachment). Union loss, 23

killed, 69 wounded, 21 missing. Total, 113.

May 17 Action, Charlestown OHIO--37th Infantry.

May 23 Action, Lewisburg, Raid on Virginia Central R. R OHIO--36th and 44th Infantry.

WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry. Union loss, 13 killed, 53 wounded, 7 missing. Total, 73.

May 24-30 Defense of Harper's Ferry DELAWARE--3d Infantry. DISTRICT OF

COLUMBIA-1st Infantry. MARYLAND---1st Cavalry; 3d, 13th and Purnell Legion Infantry.

NEW YORK--5th Cavalry (4 Cos.); Batteries "K" and "L" 1st Light Arty.; 11th (S. M.), 60th, 78th

and

102d Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--109th and 111th Infantry.

May 26 Skirmish near Franklin OHIO--55th Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--2d Infantry.

May 28 Skirmish, Charlestown MARYLAND--1st Cavalry. NEW YORK--Battery

"K" 1st Light Arty. PENNSYLVANIA--111th Infantry. Union loss, 9 missing.

May 28 Action, Franklin OHIO--Battery "K" 1st Light Arty.

May 28 Skirmish, Wardensville INDIANA--3d Cavalry. MARYLAND---3d P. H. B.

Infantry. Union loss, 2 killed, 3 wounded. Total, 5.

May 28 Skirmish, Wardensville MARYLAND--Firey's Cavalry Company.

May 29 Skirmish, Franklin OHIO--75th Infantry.

May 30 Skirmish, Lewisburg WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry.

May 30 Raid to Shaver River CONNECTICUT--1st Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA--3d

Cavalry (Detachments).

June 4 Skirmish, Big Bend WEST VIRGINIA--11th Infantry.

June 7 Skirmish, Big Bend WEST VIRGINIA--6th Infantry.

June 8 Skirmish, Muddy Creek WREST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry (Detachment).

June 9 Skirmish near Harper's Ferry MARYLAND--1st Cavalry.

June 10 Skirmish, Mouth of West Fork WEST VIRGINIA--11th Infantry.

June 25 Skirmish, Mingo Flats WEST VIRGINIA--10th infantry.

June 29 Skirmish, Moorefield MARYLAND---3d P. H. B. Infantry.

July 5 Skirmish, Flat Top Mountain OHIO--23d Infantry.

July 23 Skirmish, Alderson's Ferry WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry.

July 24-26 Scout in Wyoming County OHIO--12th Infantry (Detachment).

July 25 Affair at Summerville WEST VIRGINIA--9th Infantry (Cos. "A," "F").

July 27 Skirmish, Flat Top Mountain KENTUCKY--Simmonds' Battery Light Arty.

July 29 Affair at Moorefield (No Reports.)

1862.

Aug. 2-5 Scout from Madison Bluff to Greenbrier River OHIO--44th Infantry (Cos. "F,"

"G," "K").

Aug. 2-5 Scout from Meadow Bluff to Greenbrier River OHIO--44th Infantry (Cos. "F,"

"G," "K").

Aug. 2-8 Operations about Wyoming Court House.. OHIO--37th Infantry. WEST

VIRGINIA--4th Infantry. Union loss, 2 killed, 7 missing. Total, 9.

Aug. 3 Skirmish, Greenbrier River OHiO--44th Infantry (Cos. "F," "G," "K").

Aug. 5 Skirmish, Wyoming Court House OHIO--37th Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--4th

Infantry.

Aug. 6 Skirmish, Pack's Ferry, New River OHIO--23d Infantry.

Aug. 6 Skirmish, Beech Creek WEST VIRGINIA--4th Infantry. Union loss, 3 killed, 8

wounded, 4 missing. Total, 15.

Aug. 13-14 Skirmishes, Blue Stone OHIO--28th Infantry.

Aug. 16 Skirmish, Wire Bridge PENNSYLVANIA--Washington County Cavalry

Company.

Aug. 18 Skirmish, Huttonsville PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry.

Aug. 23 Skirmish, Moorefield PENNSYLVANIA--Washington County Cavalry Company.

Aug. 23 Affair near Harper's Ferry Capture of Train. (No Reports.)

Aug. 30 Skirmish, Buckhannon WEST VIRGINIA--10th Infantry.

Aug. 31 Skirmish, Weston WEST VIRGINIA--6th Infantry (2 Cos.). Union loss, 6

wounded.

Sept. 1 Skirmish, Glenville WEST VIRGINIA--11th Infantry.

Sept. 2 Surrender, Spencer Court House WEST VIRGINIA--11th Infantry.

Sept. 3 Skirmish near Martinsburg ILLINOIS--12th Cavalry.

Sept. 3-4 Reconnoissance from Harper's Ferry to Lovettsville and Charleston (No Reports.)

Sept. 3 Skirmish, Weston WEST VIRGINIA--6th Infantry.

Sept. 3 Skirmish, Ravenswood (No Reports.)

Sept. 3-4 Skirmishes, Bunker Hill ILLINOIS--12th Cavalry (Detachment).

Sept. 6 Skirmish, Cacapon Bridge NEW YORK--1st Cavalry.

Sept. 6 Skirmish, Martinsburg ILLINOIS----12th Cavalry. Union loss, 2 killed, 10 wounded.

Total, 12.

Sept. 6-16 Campaign in the Kanawha Valley OHIO--34th, 44th and 47th Infantry. WEST

VIRGINIA --2d Cavalry; 4th and 9th Infantry. Detachment of Arty.

Sept. 7 Skirmish, Darkesville ILLINOIS--12th Cavalry; Battery "M" 2d Light Arty.; 65th Infantry.

Union loss, 13 wounded, 1 missing. Total, 14.

Sept. 10 Action, Fayetteville OHIO--34th and 37th Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--2d

Cavalry (Detachment); 4th Infantry. Union loss, 25 killed, 95 wounded, 190 captured and missing.

Total, 310.

Sept. 11 Action, Cotton Hill OHIO--34th and 37th Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--2d

Cavalry (Detachment); 4th Infantry. Union loss Ineluded in Fayetteville, Sept. 10.

Sept. 11 Skirmish, Loup Creek OHIO--47th Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry

(Detachment).

Sept. 11 Skirmish, Armstrong's Creek OHIO--47th Infantry.

Sept. 11 Skirmish, Charlestown WEST VIRGINIA--4th Infantry.

Sept. 11 Skirmish, Miller's Ferry OHIO--44th Infantry.

Sept. 11 Skirmish, Gauley Ferry OHIO--44th Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--4th and 9th

Infantry.

Sept. 11 Skirmish near Cannelton OHIO--44th Infantry.

Sept. 11 Skirmish, Martinsburg ILLINOIS--12th Cavalry; Battery "M" 2d Light Arty.;

65th Infantry. NEW YORK--110th Infantry.

Sept. 11-12 Skirmishes, Point Mountain Turnpike (No Reports.)

Sept. 12 Evacuation, Martinsburg ILLINOIS--12th Cavalry; Battery "M" 2d Light Arty.;

65th Infantry. NEW YORK--110th Infantry.

Sept. 12 Skirmish, Charlestown OHIO--34th and 47th Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--

4th Infantry.

Sept. 12 Skirmish, Harper's Ferry NEW YORK--126th Infantry.

Sept. 12 Skirmish, Gauley Bridge WEST VIRGINIA--4th Infantry.

Sept. 12-15 Skirmish, Hurricane Bridge WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry.

Sept. 13 Siege of Harper's Ferry ILLINOIS--12th Cavalry; Battery "M" 2d Light Arty.;

65th Infantry. INDIANA--15th Indpt. and Wilder's Indpt. Battery Light Arty. MARYLAND--

Cole's Battalion 1st P. H. B. Cavalry; 1st and 3d P. H. B. Infantry. NEW YORK--8t

h Cavalry; 12th (S. M.), 39th, 111th, 115th, 125th and 126th Infantry; 5th Heavy Arty. (Cos. "A,"

"F"). OHIO---26th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 32d, 60th and 87th Infantry. RHODE ISLAND-7th

Squadron Cavalry. VERMONT--9th Infantry. Union loss, 44 killed

, 173 wounded, 12,520 captured and missing. Total, 12,737.

Sept. 13-14 Action, Charlestown OHIO--34th, 37th, 44th and 47th Infantry. WEST

VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry; 4th and 9th Infantry.

Sept. 19 Action, Bolivar Heights ILLINOIS--Battery "M" 2d Light Arty.; 65th Infantry.

INDIANA--15th Indpt. and Wilder's Indpt. Batteries Light Arty. MARYLAND----3d P. H. B.

Infantry. NEW YORK--5th Heavy Arty. (Cos. "A," "F"); 39th, 111th, 115th, 125th and

126th Infantry. OHIO--60th Infantry. VERMONT--9th Infantry.

Sept. 20 Action, Shepherdstown Ford DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA--2d Infantry. ILLINOIS-

8th Cavalry. INDIANA--3d Cavalry (Cos. "A," "B"). MAINE--2d and 20th Infantry.

MASSACHUSETTS-1st Cavalry; 3d Battery Light Arty.; 2d Co. Sharpshooters; 9th, 18th, 22d and

32d

Infantry. MICHIGAN--1st, 4th and 16th Infantry. NEW YORK--1st (Lincoln) Cavalry; 12th, 13th,

14th, 17th, 25th and 44th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA----3d, 4th, 6th and 8th Cavalry; 62d, 83d and

116th Infantry. RHODE ISLAND--Battery "C" 1st Light Arty. UNITED

STATES--5th and 6th Cavalry; Batteries "E" 1st Arty., "A," "B & L" and "M" 2d Arty., "C &.G"

3d Arty., "G" 4th Arty., "D" and "I & K" 5th Arty.; 1st Sharpshooters; 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 6th, 10th,

11th, 12th, 14th and 17th Infantry. Union loss, 71 killed, 16

1 wounded, 131 missing, Total, 363.

Sept. 20 Action, Shepherdstown MAINE---2d Infantry. MASSACHUSETTS----2d Co.

Sharpshooters; 18th and 22d Infantry. MICHIGAN--1st Infantry. NEW YORK--5th, 10th, 13th and

25th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--118th Infantry. UNITED STATES ---Batteries "E" 1st Arty.,

"I & K" 5th Arty.; 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 6th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 14th and 17th Infantry. Loss included in

Shepherdstown Ford, Sept. 19.

1862.

Sept. 23 Skirmish, Point Pleasant OHIO---44th Infantry.

Sept. 25 Skirmish, Sutton WEST VIRGINIA--10th Infantry.

Sept. 26-27 Reconnoissance to Shepherdstown MASSACHUSETTS--1st Cavalry.

Sept. 27 Expedition from Point Pleasant to Buffalo. OHIO---91st Infantry.

Sept. 27 Reconnoissance to Charlestown (No Reports.) Skirmish, Buffalo

Sept. 27 Skirmish, Harper's Ferry PENNSYLVANIA--3d Cavalry.

Sept. 28 Skirmish, Standing Stone WEST VIRGINIA--6th Infantry.

Sept. 30 Skirmish, Glenville PENNSYLVANIA--Washington County Cavalry Company.

Oct. 1 Skirmish, Shepherdstown ILLINOIS--8th Cavalry. INDIANA--3d Cavalry (3 Cos.)

MARYLAND--3d Cavalry (3 Cos.). PENNSYLVANIA-8th Cavalry (3 Cos.). UNITED STATES--

Battery "M" 2d Arty. Union loss, 12 wounded, 3 missing. Total, 15.

Oct. 1 Action, Martinsburg ILLINOIS--8th Cavalry. INDIANA--3d Cavalry (3 Cos.).

MARYLAND--3d Cavalry (3 Cos.). PENNSYLVANIA --8th Cavalry (3 Cos.). UNITED

STATES--Battery "M" 2d Arty.

Oct. 1-2 Reconnoissance from Harper's Ferry to Leesburg, Va INDIANA--14th

Infantry. NEW YORK--Battery "G" 1st Light Arty. OHIO---4th and 8th Infantry.

PENNSYLVANIA--132d Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--7th Infantry. UNITED STATES--6th

Cavalry.

Oct. 2 Skirmish, Hanging Rock, Blue's Gap NEW YORK--1st Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA--54th

Infantry (Cos. "B," "K").

Oct. 4 Skirmish, Hanging Rock, Blue's Gap NEW YORK--1st Cavalry. Union loss, 7 killed, 93

wounded, 200 missing. Total, 300.

Oct. 4 Attack on Little Cacapon Bridge and Paw Paw Tunnel PENNSYLVANIA--54th

Infantry (Cos. "B," "K").

Oct. 6 Reconnoissance to Charlestown (No Reports.)

Oct. 6 Skirmish, Charlestown UNITED STATES---5th Cavalry.

Oct. 6 Action, Big Birch WEST VIRGINIA--10th Infantry.

Oct. 10 Skirmish, Parkersburg WEST VIRGINIA--5th Infantry.

Oct. 16 Skirmish, Charlestown RHODE ISLAND--Battery "A" 1st Light Arty. UNITED

STATES--1st, 2d, 5th and 6th Cavalry; Battery "E" 4th Arty.

Oct. 16-17 Skirmishes, Kearneysville and Shepherdstown MASSACHUSETTS--1st

Cavalry; 5th Battery Light Arty. UNITED STATES--5th Cavalry (Detachment); Battery "D" 5th

Arty.; 3d, 4th, 12th and 14th Infantry.

Oct. 16-17 Reconnoissance from Harper's Ferry to Charlestown DELAWARE--2d Infantry.

MASSACHUSETTS--20th Infantry MICHIGAN--7th Infantry. MINNESOTA--1st Infantry. NEW

HAMPSHIRE--5th Infantry. NEW YORK--7th, 42d, 52d, 57th, 59th, 61st, 64th and 66th Infantr

y. PENNSYLVANIA--53d, 71st, 72d and 81st Infantry. RHODE ISLAND--Battery "A" 1st Light

Arty. UNITED STATES--1st, 2d, 5th and 6th Cavalry; Battery "E" 4th Arty. Union loss, 1 killed, 3

wounded. Total, 4.

Oct. 20 Skirmish. Hedgesville PENNSYLVANIA--4th Cavalry.

Oct. 29 Skirmish, Ridgeville Road, near Petersburg ILLINOIS--Battery "L" 1st Light Arty.

(Section). PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry.

Oct. 31 Skirmish near Falls Kanawha (No Reports.)

Nov. 6 Skirmish, Martinsburg PENNSYLVANIA--12th Cavalry.

Nov. 8-14 Expedition into Tucker County (No Reports.)

Nov. 9 Capture of St. George WEST VIRGINIA--6th Infantry (Co. "B").

Nov. 9 Reconnoissance of Rippon MAINE--6th Battery Light Arty. PENNSYLVANIA-Indpt.

Batteries "E" and "F" Light Arty., and 2d Div. 12th Corps.

Nov. 9 Skirmish, South Fork Potomac ILLINOIS--23d Infantry (3 Cos.). NEW YORK--1st

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

Company. Union loss, 5 wounded.

Nov. 9-11 Expedition into Greenbrier County (No Reports.)

Nov. 10 Skirmish, Charlestown NEW YORK--137th Infantry.

Nov. 15 Skirmish on the Guyandotte (No Reports.)

Nov. 22 Skirmish, Halltown (No Reports.)

Nov. 24-30 Expedition from Summerville to Cold Knob Mountain OHIO--11th Infantry.

WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry.

Nov. 26 Skirmish, Lewis Mill, on Sinking Creek OHIO--11th Infantry. WEST

VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry.

Nov. 26 Reconnoissance to Charlestown (No Reports.)

Nov. 26 Skirmish. Cockrill's Mills (No Reports.)

Dec. 1 Skirmish. Romney PENNSYLVANIA--Washington County Cavalry Company.

Dec. 1-10 Expedition toward Logan Court House OHIO--28th and 30th Infantry.

Dec. 2 Skirmish, Charlestown NEW YORK--137th Infantry.

Dec. 3 Skirmish, Moorefield PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA --1st

Cavalry (1 Co.).

Dec. 11 Skirmish, Darkesville NEW YORK--1st Cavalry (Cos. "B," "M").

Dec. 12 Skirmish between Harper's Ferry and Leesburg (No Reports.)

Dec. 16 Skirmish, Wardensville WEST VIRGINIA--12th Infantry.

Dec. 20 Skirmish near Halltown (No Reports.)

Dec. 22 Skirmish, Wardensville WEST VIRGINIA--3d Cavalry; 10th Infantry.

Dec. 25 Skirmish, Wardensville WEST VIRGINIA--3d Cavalry.

Dec. 25. Reconnoissance from Martinsburg to Charlestown NEW YORK--1st Cavalry

(Detachment).

Dec. 26 Skirmish, Kearneysville PENNSYLVANIA--12th Cavalry.

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