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Civil War
Battles
Volume 5, Chapter 14 - Operations in Maryland, Northern Virginia,
and West Virginia
Aug 1, 1861 - Gen Robert E Lee, CS Army, commanding in West Virginia
Aug 5, 1861 - Skirmish in Virginia, opposite Point of Rocks MD
Aug 8, 1861 - Skirmish at Lovettsville VA
Aug 11, 1861 - Brig Gen John B Floyd, CS Army, assumes command in the Kanawha Valley WV
Aug 13, 1861 Skirmish near Grafton WV
Aug 17, 1861 - The Departments ofNortheastern Virginia, of Washington, and of the
shenandoah merged into the Department of the Potomac
Aug 18, 1861 - Scout to Accotink andskirmish at Pohick Church VA. Skirmish at sandy Hook
MD
Aug 20, 1861 - Maj Gen George B McClellan, US Army, assumes command of the Department, or
Army, of the Potomac. Skirmish at the Hawk's Nest WV. Skirmish at Laurel Fork Creek WV
Aug 23, 1861 - Engagement of the US steamers Yankee and Release with the batteries at the
mouth of Potomac Creek VA. Skirmish at Springfield WV
Aug 24, 1861 - The Department of Pennsylvania absorbed in the department of the Potomac
Aug 25, 1861 - Skirmish near Piggot's Mill (Big Run?) WV. Scout into Virginia from Great
Falls MD
Aug 26, 1861 - Action at Cross-Lanes, near Summersville WV. Skirmish at Blue's House WV
Aug 26-27, 1861 - Skirmishes at Wayne Court House WV
Aug 27, 1861 - Skirmish at Antietam Iron Works MD
Aug 27-28, 1861 - Skirmishes at Ball's Cross Roads VA
Aug 28-30, 1861 - Skirmishes near Bailey's Corners (or Cross Roads) VA
Aug 31, 1861 - Skirmish at Munson's Hill, or Little River Turnpike VA
Sep 1, 1861 - Skirmish at Blue Creek WV. Skirmish at Boone Court House WV. Skirmish at
Burlington WV
Sep 2, 1861 - Skirmish near the Hawk's Nest WV. Skirmish at Worthington WV. Skirmish at
Beller's Mill, near Harper's Ferry WV
Sep 4, 1861 - Skirmish at Great Falls MD
Sep 6, 1861 - Skirmish at Rowell's Run WV
Sep 9, 1861 - Skirmish at Shepherdstown WV
Sep 10, 1861 - Engagement at carnifix Ferry WV. Skirmish near Lewinsville VA
Sep 11, 1861 - Reconnaissance from Chain Bridge to Lewinsville VA and action at that place
Sep 11-17, 1861 - Operations in Cheat Mountain WV, including actions and skirmishes at
Cheat Mountain Pass, Cheat Summit, Point Mountain Turnpike, and Elk Water
Sep 12, 1861 - Skirmish at Petersburg WV. Skirmish near Peytona WV
Sep 12-17, 1861 - Arrest of members of the Maryland Legislature and other citizens of that
State
Sep 15, 1861 - Skirmish at Pritchard's Mill VA, near Antietam Ford MD
Sep 16, 1861 - Skirmish opposite Seneca Creek MD. Action at Princeton WV. Skirmish at
Magruder's Ferry VA
Sep 18, 1861 - Skirmish near Berlin MD
Sep 19, 1861 - Departement of western Virginia constituted
Sep 20, 1861 - Skirmish opposite Seneca Creek MD
Sep 21, 1861 - Gen Robert E Lee, CS Army, in immediate command of forces in the valley of
the Kanawha
Sep 23, 1861 - Skirmish at Cassville WV
Sep 23-25, 1861 - Descent upon Romney WV, including affairs at Mechanicburg Gap and
Hanging Rock Pass
Sep 24, 1861 - Skirmish at Point of Rocks MD
Sep 25, 1861 - Engagement at Freestone Point VA. Reconnaissance to and skirmish near
Lewinsville VA. Action at Kanawha Gap, near Chapmanville WV. Brig Gen Henry A Wise, CS
Army, relieved from command in West Virginia. Maj Gen Gustavus W Smith, CS Army, assigned
to command of Second Corps, Army of the Potomac
Sep 28, 1861 - Affair near Vanderburgh's house, Munson's Hill VA
Sep 29, 1861 - Skirmish at Berlin MD
Oct 1, 1861 - Confederate council of War at Centreville VA
Oct 2, 1861 - Skirmish at Springfield Station VA
Oct 3, 1861 - Engagement at Greenbrier River WV. Expedition at Pohick Church VA. Skirmish
at springfield Station VA
Oct 4, 1861 - Skirmish near Edwards Ferry MD
Oct 11, 1861 - Brig Gen William S Rosecrans, US Army, assumes command of the Department of
Western Virginia. Skirmish at Harper's Ferry WV
Oct 13, 1861 - Skirmish at Cotton Hill WV
Oct 15, 1861 - Skirmish on Little River Turnpike VA
Oct 16, 1861 - Skirmish at Bolivar Heights, near Harper's Ferry WV
Oct 18, 1861 - Reconnaissance towards Occoquan River VA
Oct 19-Nov 16, 1861 - Operations in the Kanawha and New River region WV
Oct 20, 1861 - Reconnaissance to Hunter's Mill and Thornton Station VA
Oct 21-24, 1861 - Operations on the Potomac, near Leesburg VA, including engagement at
Ball's Bluff and skirmish on Leesburg Road (Oct 21), and action near Edwards Ferry (Oct
22)
Oct 22, 1861 - Brig Gen Benjamin F Kelley, US Army, assigned to command of the Department
of Harper's Ferry and Cumberland. Department of Northern Virginia constituted, under
command of Gen Joseph E Johnston, CS Army. Gen Beauregard and Maj Gen Holmes and Jackson
assigned, respectively, to command of the Potomac, Aquia, and Valley Districts. Affairs
around Budd's Ferry MD
Oct 23-27, 1861 - Reconnaissance in the Kanawha Valley WV
Oct 26, 1861 - Action at Romney WV. Skirmish at South Branch Bridge WV. Skirmish near
Springfield WV
Oct 28, 1861 - Skirmish near Budd's Ferry MD
Oct 31, 1861 - Skirmish at Greenbrier WV
Nov 1, 1861 - Maj Gen George B McClellan supersedes Lt Gen Winfield Scott in command of
the Armies of the United States
Nov 1-3, 1861 - Skirmishes near Gauley Bridge, or Cotton Hill WV
Nov 3-11, 1861 - Expedition into Lower Maryland
Nov 4, 1861 - Feb 21, 1862 - Operations in the Valley District
Nov 5, 1861 - Gen Robert E Lee, CS Army, assigned to command of the Department of South
Carolina, Georgia and East Florida
Nov 9, 1861 - Expedition to Mathias Point VA
Nov 10, 1861 - Affair at Guyandotte WV
Nov 12, 1861 - Reconnaissance to Pohick Church and Occoquan River VA
Nov 13, 1861 - Skirmish near Romney WV
Nov 14, 1861 - Affair at themouth of Mattawoman Creek MD. Skirmish on road from
Fayetteville to Raleigh WV. Skirmish at McCoy's Mill WV
Nov 14-22, 1861 - Expedition through Accomac and Northampton Counties VA
Nov 16, 1861 - Capture of Union foraging party at Doolan's Farm VA
Nov 18, 1861 - Skirmish on road from Falls Church to Fairfax Court House VA
Nov 26, 1861 - Skirmish near Vienna VA
Nov 26-27, 1861 - Expedition to Dranesville VA and skirmish
Nov 27, 1861 - Skirmish near Fairfax Court House VA
Nov 30, 1861 - Skirmish near mouth of Little Cacapon River WV
Dec 2, 1861 - Skirmish at Annandale VA
Dec 4, 1861 - Skirmish at Burke's Station VA
Dec 6, 1861 - Expedition to Gunnell's Farm, near Dranesville VA
Dec 8, 1861 - Skirmish near Romney WV. Skirmish at Dam No 5, Chesapeake and Ohio canal
Dec 11, 1861 Skirmish at Dam No 4, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Dec 12, 1861 - Skirmish at Greenbrier River WV
Dec 13, 1861 - Engagement at camp Alleghany WV
Dec 15, 1861 - Affair in Roane County WV. capture of the sloop Victory
Dec 15-17, 1861 - Operations on the Lower Potomac
Dec 15-21, 1861 - Expedition to Meadow Bluff WV
Dec 17-21, 1861 - Jackson's operations against Dam No 5, Chesapeake and Ohio canal
Dec 18, 1861 - Reconnaissance to Pohick Church VA
Dec 19, 1861 - Skirmish at Point of Rocks MD
Dec 20, 1861 - Engagement at Dranesville VA
Dec 24-25, 1861 - Scout towards Fairfax court Hosue VA
Dec 25, 1861 - Skirmish at cherry Run WV. Skirmish at Fort Frederick MD
Dec 28, 1861 - Beckley (Raleigh Court House) WV, occupied by Union forces
Dec 29-30, 1861 - Capture of Suttonville (Braxton Court House) and skirmishes in Clay,
Braxton, and Webster Counties WV
Jan 3, 1862 - Descent upon and skirmish at Huntersville WV
Jan 3-4, 1862 - Skirmishes at Bath WV
Jan 4, 1862 - Skirmishes at Slane's Cross Roads, Great Cacapon Bridge, Sir John's Run, and
Alpine Depot WV
Jan 5-6, 1862 - Bombardment of Hancock MD
Jan 7, 1862 - Skirmish at Hanging Rock Pass, or Blue's Gap WV
Jan 8, 1862 - Skirmish on the Dry Fork of Cheat River WV
Jan 9, 1862 - Skirmish near Pohick Run VA
Jan 12-23, 1862 - Expedition to Logan court House and the Guyandotte Valley WV
Jan 26, 1862 - Gen G T Beauregard, CS Army, ordered from the Potomac District to columbus
KY
Jan 29, 1862 - Affair at Lee's house, on the Occoquan VA
Feb 3, 1862 - Reconnaissance to Occoquan Village VA
Feb 7, 1862 - Expedition to Flint Hill and Hunter's Mill VA
Feb 8, 1862 - Skirmish at the mouth of the Blue Stone WV
Feb 14, 1862 - Affair at Bloomery WV
Feb 22, 1862 - Expedition to Vienna and Flint Hill VA
Feb 24, 1862 - Affair at Lewis' chapel, near Pohick Church VA
Feb 25-May 6, 1862 - Operations in Loudoun county VA
Mar 3, 1862 - Skirmish at Martinsburg WV
Mar 5, 1862 - Skirmish at Bunker Hill VA. Skirmish near Pohick Church VA
Mar 7, 1862 - Skirmish near Winchester VA
Mar 7-9, 1862 - Withdrawal of the confederate forces from Evansport, Dumfries, Manassas,
and Occoquan VA
Mar 7-11, 1862 - Advance of the Union forces to Centreville and Manassas VA
Mar 8, 1862 - Occupation of Leesburg VA by Union forces
Mar 9, 1862 - Skirmish at Sangster's Station VA
Mar 11, 1862 - Maj Gen McClellan relieved from command of the Armies of the United States
- retaining command of the Army of the Potomac. The Department of Western Viriginia merged
into the Mountain Department. Skirmish at Stephenson's Station, near Winchester VA
Mar 11-12, 1862 - Winchester VA abandoned by the Confederates and occupied by the Union
forces
Mar 13, 1862 - Army Corps organized in the Army of the Potomac, and Generals McDowell,
Sumner, Heintzelman, Keyes, and Banks assigned as commanders. Gen Robert E Lee
"charged with the conduct of military operations in the Armies of the
Confederacy"
Mar 14, 1862 - Brig Gen Rosecrans, US Army, assumes command of the Mountain Department
Mar 14-16, 1862 - Reconnaissance to Cedar Run VA
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