West Virginia Battles
1863



 


1863.

Jan. 2 Skirmish, Moorefield OHIO--116th Infantry.

Jan. 2-5 Expedition to Moorefield and Petersburg Confederate Reports.

Jan. 3 Skirmish, Petersburg WEST VIRGINIA--3d Cavalry (Detachment).

Jan. 5 Action near Moorefield WEST VIRGINIA--1st Cavalry. Union loss, 65 killed,

wounded and missing.

Jan. 22 Skirmish, Cockletown, Pocohontas County.. WEST VIRGINIA--1st Cavalry (Detachment);

2d Infantry (Detachment).

Feb. 5-8 Scout into Wyoming County WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry (Detachment).

Feb. 10-12 Expedition from Beverly into Pocahontas County WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry;

2d Infantry (Detachments).

Feb. 12 Skirmishes near Smithfield and Charlestown PENNSYLVANIA--12th Cavalry.

Union loss, 1 killed, 2 wounded, 4 missing. Total, 7.

Feb. 16 Skirmish near Romney OHIO--116th and 122d Infantry (Detachments)

guarding wagons.

1863.

Feb. 16 Skirmish near Romney PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry. Union loss, 76

killed, wounded and missing.

Feb. 20 Skirmish, Truce Fork, Mud River WEST VIRGINIA--3d Cavalry.

March 12-16 Scout from Camp Piatt through Boone, Wyoming and Logan Counties WEST

VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry.

March 15 Scout from Harper's Ferry to Leesburg, Va. PENNSYLVANIA--14th Cavalry.

March 28 Skirmish, Hurricane Bridge WEST VIRGINIA--13th Infantry (4 Cos.). Union loss,

4 killed, 3 wounded. Total, 7.

March 30 Skirmish, Point Pleasant WEST VIRGINIA--13th Infantry (1 Co.). Union loss,

1 killed, 3 wounded, 13 missing. Total, 17.

April 3-6 Expedition from Camp Piatt, through Logan and Cabell Counties WEST

VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry.

April 5 Skirmish, Mud River WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry.

April 6-7 Skirmishes near Burlington PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry (Detachment).

Union loss, 12 missing.

April 6-7 Skirmishes, Purgetsville and Going's Ford. PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry;

54th Infantry. Union loss, 3 killed.

April 6 Skirmish near Moorefield PENNSYLVANIA--Lafayette County Cavalry Company.

WEST VIRGINIA--Battery "E" 1st Light Arty.

April 7 Skirmish, Green Spring Run PENNSYLVANIA--Washington County Cavalry Company.

April 11-18 Scout from Beverly to Franklin WEST VIRGINIA--2d Infantry.

April 18 Affair, Johnstown WEST VIRGINIA--6th Infantry (Detachment).

April 22 Skirmish, Point Pleasant (No Reports.)

April 24 Skirmish, Beverly OHIO--Smith's Cavalry Company. WEST VIRGINIA-1st

Cavalry (Co. "A"); Battery "G" Light Arty.; 2d and 8th Infantry. Union loss, 2 killed, 10 wounded.

Total, 12.

April 24 Skirmish, Gilmer County WEST VIRGINIA--11th Infantry.

April 24 Skirmish, Lambert' Run WEST VIRGINIA--3d Cavalry.

April 25 Skirmish, Greenland Gap ILLINOIS--23d Infantry (Co. "G"). WEST

VIRGINIA-14th Infantry (Co. "A"). Union loss, 2 killed, 4 wounded, 60 missing. Total, 66.

April 26 Skirmish, Burlington PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry.

April 26 Skirmish, Rowlesburg WEST VIRGINIA--6th Infantry.

April 26 Skirmish, Portland WEST VIRGINIA--6th Infantry.

April 26 Skirmish, Phillippi ILLINOIS--23d Infantry.

April 27 Affair, Independence (No Details.)

April 27 Affair, Morgantown (No Details.)

April 29 Skirmish, Bridgeport WEST VIRGINIA--6th Infantry (Detachment).

April 29 Action. Fairmont ILLINOIS---23d Infantry. NEW YORK--106th Infantry

(Detachment). PENNSYLVANIA--13th Cavalry (Detachment). WEST VIRGINIA--6th Infantry

(Detachment). Union loss, 1 killed, 6 wounded. Total, 7.

April 30 Skirmish, Bridgeport WEST VIRGINIA--1st Cavalry; 6th Infantry.

April 30 Skirmish near Simpson's Creek WEST VIRGINIA--3d Cavalry.

May 2 Skirmish, Lewisburg WEST VIRGINIA--1st (Co. "A"), and 2d Cavalry.

May 4-9 Scout in Hampshire County NEW YORK--1st Cavalry (Detachment).

PENNSYLVANIA--13th Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA--Battery "D" Light Arty.

May 5 Skirmish, Janelew WEST VIRGINIA--3d Cavalry (Co. "E"); 3d Infantry.

May 6 Skirmish, West Union WEST VIRGINIA--2d and 11th (1 Co.) Infantry. Union loss, 14.

May 7 Affair at Cairo Station (No Details.)

May 7 Affair, Harrisville, Ritchie County (No Details.)

May 9 Action, Blake's Farm OHIO--12th Infantry.

May 9 Affair, Oil Town (No Details.)

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

May 15-22 Scout from Parkersburg into Calhoun County (No Reports.)

May 16 Skirmish, Ravenswood (No Reports.)

May 16 Skirmish near Charlestown MARYLAND--2d Infantry (Detachment).

May 16 Skirmish, Elizabeth Court House WEST VIRGINIA--11th Infantry.

May 18-20 Skirmishes, Fayetteville OHIO---1st Battery Light Arty. (Section); 12th

Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry. Union loss, 2 killed, 9 wounded, 8 missing. Total, 19.

May 19 Skirmish, Fayette Court House OHIO--12th Infantry.

May 20 Skirmish, Fayetteville WEST VIRGINIA--13th Infantry.

May 23 Skirmish, West Creek WEST VIRGINIA--9th Infantry.

June 3 Skirmish near Fayetteville MASSACHUSETTS--1st Cavalry (Detachment). Union loss,

1 wounded, 3 missing. Total, 4.

June 13 Skirmish, Bunker Hill OHIO--116th Infantry (Cos. "A," "I"). Union loss, 7 killed, 35

wounded, 55 missing. Total. 97.

June 14 Skirmish, Martinsburg MARYLAND---1st P. H. B. Cavalry (Battalion).

NEW YORK--106th Infantry (Detachment). OHIO---126th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--13th

Cavalry (Detachment). WEST VIRGINIA--Battery "F" Light Arty. Union loss, 4 killed, 9

wounded, 14

6 missing. Total, 159.

June 18-19 Scout on Big and Little Coal Rivers WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry.

June 26 Skirmish, Loup Creek WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry (Cos. "B," "I").

July 2-3 Action, Beverly OHIO--3d Indpt. Cavalry Company. WEST VIRGINIABattery

"G" Light Arty.; 10th Infantry.

July 2-26 Operations against Morgan OHIO--23d Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--13th

Infantry.

July 4 Skirmish, Huttonsville PENNSYLVANIA--14th Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA-Battery

"G" Light Arty.; 3d and 8th Infantry.

July 4 Skirmish, Raleigh WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry.

July 4 Skirmish, North Mt. Depot (No Reports.)

July 4 Skirmish, Fayetteville (No Reports.)

July 7 Skirmish. Harper's Ferry Confederate Reports.

July 13-25 Expedition from Fayetteville to Wytheville. OHIO---34th Infantry. WEST

VIRGINIA--1st (2 Cos.) and 2d Cavalry.

July 14 Skirmish, Beverly ILLINOIS--16th Cavalry (Detachment).

July 14 Skirmish near Harper's Ferry MAINE---1st Cavalry. MASSACHUSETTS--1st Cavalry.

MARYLAND----1st Cavalry, Purnell Legion Cavalry. NEW JERSEY--1st Cavalry. NEW YORK--

10th Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA--1st, 3d, 4th and 16th Cavalry. UNITED STATES--Battery "E"

1st Arty. Union loss, 31 killed, 58 wounded, 32 missing. Total, 121.

1863.

July 15 Action, Shepherdstown MAINE--1st Cavalry. MARYLAND--1st Cavalry. NEW

JERSEY--1st Cavalry. NEW YORK--10th Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA--1st, 3d, 4th and 16th

Cavalry. UNITED STATES--Battery "E" 1st Arty.

July 15 Skirmish, Charlestown MAINE---1st Cavalry.

July 15 Skirmish, Shepherdstown PENNSYLVANIA--16th Cavalry. Union loss, 1 wounded.

July 15 Skirmish, Halltown MAINE--1st Cavalry. Union loss, 3 wounded, 2 missing. Total, 5.

July 16 Skirmish, Shanghai ILLINOIS--16th Cavalry (Co. "C"). OHIO--3d Indpt. Cavalry Co.

WEST VIRGINIA--1st (Co. "A") and 3d (Co. "C") Cavalry.

July 16 Action, Shepherdstown MAINE--1st Cavalry. MARYLAND---1st Cavalry. NEW

JERSEY--1st Cavalry. NEW YORK--10th Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA--1st, 3d, 4th, 8th and

16th Cavalry. UNITED STATES--Battery "E" 1st Arty. Union loss, 8 killed, 72 wounded, 24 missi

ng. Total, 104.

July 17 Skirmish, North Mt. Station (No Reports.)

July 18-19 Skirmishes near Hedgesville and Martinsburg ILLINOIS--16th Cavalry (Co.

"C"). OHIO--3d Indpt. Cavalry Company. PENNSYLVANIA--14th Cavalry, Washington

County Cavalry Company. WEST VIRGINIA--1st (Co. "A") and 3d (Co. "C") Cavalry; Battery "

G" Light Arty.; 3d and 8th Infantry. Union loss, 1 killed, 4 wounded. Total, 5.

July 28 Skirmish, Fayetteville WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry.

July 31 Skirmish, Morris Mills OHIO--23d Infantry.

Aug. 4 Skirmish, Burlington PENNSYLVANIA--Washington County Cavalry Company.

Aug. 5 Skirmish, Cold Spring Gap WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry (Detachment).

Aug. 5-31 Raid (Averill's) through Hardy, Pendleton, Highland, Greenbrier, Bath and

Pocahontas Counties ILLINOIS--16th Cavalry (Co. "C"). OHIO--3d Indpt. Cavalry Company.

PENNSYLVANIA--14th Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA--1st (Co. "A") and 3d (Co. "C") Cava

lry; Batteries "B" and "G" Light Arty.; 2d, 3d and 8th Infantry. Union loss, 3 killed, 10 wounded,

60 missing. Total, 73.

Aug. 6 Skirmish, Moorefield PENNSYLVANIA--14th Cavalry (1 Co.). Union loss, 4 wounded.

Aug. 6 Skirmish, Cacapon Mountain PENNSYLVANIA--14th Cavalry (Detachment).

Aug. 19 Affair near Franklin PENNSYLVANIA--14th Cavalry (Detachment). WEST

VIRGINIA--3d Cavalry (Detachment). Destruction of Salt Works.

Aug. 21 Skirmish near Glenville WEST VIRGINIA--11th Infantry (Cos. "C," "H").

Aug. 22 Action, Huntersville WEST VIRGINIA--3d (Detachment), and 8th Infantry.

Aug. 24 Skirmish, Warm Springs WEST VIRGINIA--8th Infantry (Detachment). Union

loss, 2 wounded.

Aug. 25 Scout from Harper's Ferry into Loudoun County, Virginia MARYLAND--Cole's

Battalion P. H. B. Cavalry.

Aug. 26 Skirmish near Moorefield (No Reports.)

Aug. 26 Skirmish, Sutton WEST VIRGINIA--6th Infantry (Cos. "G," "I").

Aug. 26-27 Engagement, Rocky Gap, near White Sulphur Springs ILLINOIS--16th

Cavalry (Co. "C"). OHIO---3d Indpt. Cavalry Company. PENNSYLVANIA--14th Cavalry.

WEST VIRGINIA--1st (Co. "A"), and 3d (Detachment) Cavalry; Batteries "B" and "G" Light

Arty.; 2

d, 3d and 8th Infantry. Union loss, 26 killed, 125 wounded, 67 missing. Total, 218.

Aug. 27 Skirmish, Ball's Mills WEST VIRGINIA--6th Infantry (Detachment).

Aug. 27 Skirmish on Elk River WEST VIRGINIA--6th Infantry (Detachment).

Aug. 27 Skirmish near Glenville WEST VIRGINIA--11th Infantry (Cos. "C," "H").

Sept. 2 Skirmish, Bloomery Gap NEW YORK--1st (Lincoln) Cavalry (Detachment).

Sept. 2-23 Expeditions from Martinsburg NEW YORK--1st Cavalry (Detachments).

Sept. 4 Skirmish, Moorefield PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry Battalion.

Sept. 4 Skirmish, Petersburg Gap ILLINOIS--23d Infantry.

Sept. 5 Skirmish, Moorefield WREST VIRGINIA--1st Infantry.

Sept. 6 Skirmish, Petersburg WEST VIRGINIA--10th Infantry.

Sept. 7 Skirmish, Bath PENNSYLVANIA--20th Cavalry (Detachment).

Sept. 8 Skirmish, Sutton WEST VIRGINIA--11th Infantry.

Sept. 8 Skirmish, Beech Fork, Calhoun County WEST VIRGINIA--11th Infantry.

Sept. 11 Skirmish, Moorefield PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry Battalion, Barr's

Company. WEST VIRGINIA--1st Infantry. Union loss, 15 wounded, 135 missing. Total, 150.

Sept. 11-13 Scouts from Camp Piatt to Fayetteville... OHIO--34th Infantry (Detachment).

WEST VIRGINIA --2d Cavalry (Detachment).

Sept. 12 Skirmish. Roane County WEST VIRGINIA--11th Infantry.

Sept. 12-16 Scout from Harper's Ferry into Loudoun County MARYLAND--Cole's Battalion

P. H. B. Cavalry.

Sept. 14 Skirmish, Cheat Mt. Summit (No Reports.)

Sept. 15 Skirmish, Smithfield NEW YORK--1st Cavalry (Detachment).

Sept. 16 Skirmish, Smithfield NEW YORK--1st Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA--12th Cavalry

(Detachments).

Sept. 19 Skirmish, Smithfield NEW YORK--1st Cavalry (Detachment).

Sept. 20 Affair, Shaver Mountain (No Reports.)

Sept. 21 Affair, Moorefield (No Reports.)

Sept. 21-26 Scout from Harper's Ferry into Loudoun Valley MARYLAND--- Cole's

Battalion P. H. B. Cavalry.

Sept. 24 Skirmish, Greenbrier Bridge (No Details.)

Sept. 25 Skirmish, Seneca Trace Crossing WEST VIRGINIA--2d Mounted Infantry

(Detachment). Union loss, 30 missing.

Oct. 1 Skirmish near Harper's Ferry (No Reports.)

Oct. 5 Skirmish near Harper's Ferry (No Reports.)

Oct. 7 Skirmish, Summit Point MARYLAND--2d P. H. B. Cavalry.

Oct. 7 Skirmish, Charlestown MARYLAND--2d P. H. B. Cavalry (Co. "B"). Union loss 2

killed. 4 wounded. Total, 6.

Oct. 11 Skirmish, Salt Lick Bridge WEST VIRGINIA--4th Cavalry.

Oct. 13 Skirmish, Bulltown, Braxton County WEST VIRGINIA--6th and 11th Infantry

(Detachments). Union loss. 1 wounded.

Oct. 13 Skirmish, Burlington PENNSYLVANIA--La Fayette County Cavalry Company.

Oct. 14 Skirmish, Salt Lick Bridge ILLINOIS--16th Cavalry (Co. "C"). WEST VIRGINIA-4th

Cavalry; 4th and 11th Infantry.

Oct. 15 Skirmish, Hedgesville NEW YORK--1st Cavalry. OHIO--116th Infantry.

PENNSYLVANIA--14th Cavalry (Detachments).

1863.

Oct. 16 Skirmish, Charlestown MAINE--5th Battery Light Arty.

Oct. 18 Engagement, Charlestown MARYLAND---2d P. H. B. Cavalry (Co. "F"); 9th Infantry.

MICHIGAN--6th Cavalry (Co. "I"). VIRGINIA--Mean's Cavalry Company. Union loss, 12 killed,

13 wounded, 379 missing. Total, 404.

Oct. 21-22 Scout from Charlestown to Boone Court House KENTUCKY--Simmond's

Battery Light Arty. OHIO--34th Infantry (Detachment). WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry

(Detachment).

Oct. 26 Skirmish, Ravenswood WEST VIRGINIA--11th Infantry.

Oct. 27 Skirmish, Sandy River, near Elizabeth WEST VIRGINIA--11th Infantry.

Nov. 1-17 Raid (Averill's) from Beverly against Lewisburg and the Virginia & Tennessee R. R

ILLINOIS--16th Cavalry (Co. "C"). OHIO--3d Indpt. Cavalry Company; 28th Infantry.

PENNSYLVANIA-14th Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA--1st (Co. "A") and 3d (Cos. "E," "H," "I

") Cavalry; Batteries "B" and "G," Light Arty.; 2d, 3d, 8th and 10th Infantry.

Nov, 3-13 Expedition (Duffie's) from Charlestown to Lewisburg KENTUCKY--

Simmonds' Battery Light Arty. OHIO-12th, 34th and 91st Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry.

Nov. 4 Skirmish. Cackletown PENNSYLVANIA--14th Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA--3d Cavalry

(Cos. "E," "H," "I").

Nov. 5 Skirmish, Mill Point, Pocahontas County.. OHIO--28th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--

14th Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA--Battery "B," Light Arty.; 3d, 8th and 10th Infantry.

Nov. 6 Engagement, Droop Mountain ILLINOIS--16th Cavalry (Co. "C"). OHIO--3d Indpt.

Cavalry Company; 28th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA-14th Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA--1st (Co.

"A") and 3d (Cos. "E," "H," "I") Cavalry; Batteries "B" and "G," Light Arty.; 2d, 3d, 8t

h and 10th Infantry. Union loss. 30 killed, 88 wounded, 1 missing. Total, 119.

Nov. 6 Skirmish, Little Sewell Mountain OHIO--34th Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry.

Nov. 7 Capture of Lewisburg KENTUCKY--Simmonds' Battery Light Arty. OHIO--34th Infantry.

WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry.

Nov. 7 Skirmish, Muddy Creek OHIO---34th Infantry.

Nov. 8 Skirmish, Second Creek, near Union OHIO--34th Infantry.

Nov. 10 Skirmish, Elk Mountain, near Hillsborough OHIO--28th Infantry.

Nov. 14-18 Scout from Martinsburg MARYLAND--2d Eastern Shore Infantry

(Detachment).

Nov. 15-18 Expedition from Charlestown to near New Market, VirginiaCONNECTICUT--1st

Cavalry (Detachment). MARYLAND --Cole's Battalion P. H. B. Cavalry. MICHIGAN--6th

Cavalry (Detachment). NEW YORK--1st Cavalry (Detachment). PENNSYLVANIA--21st Cavalry

(De

tachment). WEST VIRGINIA--Battery "A," Light Arty (Section). Union loss, 2 killed, 2 wounded,

5 missing. Total, 9.

Nov. 16 Skirmish near Burlington MARYLAND--2d P. H. B. Infantry. WEST

VIRGINIA-14th Infantry (2 Cos.). Union loss, 2 killed, 9 wounded. Total, 11.

Nov. 19 Action, Burlington and Petersburg Turnpike Junction WEST VIRGINIA--14th

Infantry.

Dec. 4 Skirmish, Meadow Bluff OHIO--12th Infantry.

Dec. 6 Skirmish, Cheat River WEST VIRGINIA--lOth Infantry.

Dec. 7-11 Scout in Hampshire, Hardy, Frederick and Shenandoah Counties, and Destruction of

Columbian Iron Works PENNSYLVANIA--20th Cavalry (Detachment).

Dec. 8-25 Raid (Averill's) from New Creek to Salem on Virginia & Tennessee R. R

ILLINOIS--16th Cavalry (Co. "C"). OHIO--3d Indpt. Cavalry Company.

PENNSYLVANIA--14th Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA--1st (Co. "A") and 3d (Cos. "E," "F," "H")

Cavalry; Battery "G," L

ight Arty.; 2d, 3d and 8th Infantry. Union loss, 6 killed, 5 wounded, 94 missing. Total, 105.

Dec. 8-25 Demonstration (Scammon's) from the Kanawha Valley ILLINOIS--23d

Infantry. OHIO--1st Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 12th, 34th and 91st Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA --

2d and 3d Cavalry; 5th Infantry.

Dec. 10-24 Demonstration (Wells') from Harper's Ferry INDIANA--17th Indpt. Battery Light

Arty. MASSACHUSETTS--34th Infantry. NEW YORK--1st Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA--21st

Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA-Battery "A," Light Arty.; 12th Infantry.

Dec. 11 Skirmishes, Big Sewell and Meadow Bluff. OHIO--12th and 91st Infantry.

Dec. 11 Skirmish, Marling's Bottom Bridge PENNSYLVANIA--14th Cavalry.

Dec. 12 Skirmish, Gatewoods PENNSYLVANIA--14th Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA--2d, 3d

and 8th Infantry.

Dec. 12 Skirmishes, Lewisburg and Greenbrier River OHIO--1st Indpt. Battery Light Arty.;

12th and 91st Infantry.

Dec. 13 Skirmish, Hurricane Bridge WEST VIRGINIA--11th Infantry (Detachment).

Union loss, 2 missing.

Dec. 14 Skirmish, Blue Sulphur Road, near Meadow Bluff OHIO--12th Infantry (Co. "A").

Dec. 28 Skirmish, Moorefield WEST VIRGINIA--3d Infantry.

Dec. 31-Jan. 5, '64 Operations in Hampshire and Hardy Counties ILLINOIS---Battery

"L," 1st Light Arty.; 23d Infantry. MARYLAND--2d P. H. B. Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA --

Ringgold, La Fayette and Washington Cavalry Companies. WEST VIRGINIA--1st and 14th Infantry.

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