Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Yorktown, Va.” in year 1863, month January, day 8 of Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864:

...on, in a retreat of the latter. The loss was nearly equal on both sides.--(Doc. 98.) Yesterday a large reconnoitring force of Union troops, under the command of Major Wm. P. Hall, embarked at Yorktown, Va. , on board the fleet of gunboats and transports, under the command of Catain F. A. Parker, and arrived at West-Point, at the junction of the Pamunkey and Mattapony Rivers, early this morning. Thence...
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