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1862


Jan. 5: Bombardment of Hancock

(No Details.)


July 5: Skirmish, Hagerstown

OHIO--4th Infantry.


Sept. 4: Skirmish, Monocacy Aqueduct

(No Reports.)


Sept. 3-4: Skirmishes, Edward's Ferry

MARYLAND--1st Cavalry. VIRGINIA--Means' Indpt. Cavalry Company. Union loss, 2 killed, 1 wounded. Total, 3.


Sept. 4-5: Skirmishes, Point of Rocks and Berlin

NEW YORK--5th Heavy Arty. (Co. "A"). OHIO--87th Infantry (Detachment).


Sept. 4-5: Skirmishes, Poolesville

MASSACHUSETTS--1st Cavalry (Detachment).


Sept. 5: Skirmish, Mouth of Monocacy

MICHIGAN--1st Cavalry.


Sept. 6: Skirmish, Frederick

MARYLAND--1st Cavalry.


Sept. 7: Skirmish, Point of Rocks

NEW YORK--5th Heavy Arty. (Co. "A").


Sept. 7: Action, Boonsborough

MARYLAND--1st Cavalry.


Sept. 7: Skirmish, Poolesville

ILLINOIS--8th Cavalry. INDIANA--3d Cavalry. UNITED STATES--Battery "M," 2d Arty. Union loss, 2 killed, 6 wounded. Total, 8.


Sept. 8: Skirmish, Poolesville

ILLINOIS--8th Cavalry. INDIANA--3d Cavalry (Cos. "A," "B"). UNITED STATES--Battery "M," 2d Arty. Union loss, 1 killed, 12 wounded. Total, 13.


Sept. 9: Skirmish, Barnesville

ILLINOIS--8th Cavalry. INDIANA--3d Cavalry (Cos. "A," "B"). UNITED STATES--Battery "M," 2d Arty.


Sept. 9: Skirmish, Monocacy Church

ILLINOIS--8th Cavalry. INDIANA--3d Cavalry (Cos. "A," "B"). UNITED STATES--Battery "M," 2d Arty.


Sept. 9: Skirmish, Nolansville

ILLINOIS--8th Cavalry. INDIANA--3d Cavalry (Cos. "A," "B"). Loss, 1 wounded.


Sept. 10: Skirmish, Middletown

ILLINOIS--8th Cavalry.


Sept. 10: Skirmish near Boonsborough

MARYLAND--1st Cavalry (Detachment).


Sept. 10-11: Skirmishes, Sugar Loaf Mt

ILLINOIS--8th Cavalry. INDIANA--3d Cavalry (Cos. "A," "B"). MAINE--6th Infantry. MASSACHUSETTS--1st Cavalry. NEW YORK--43d Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--8th Cavalry; 49th and 137th Infantry. WISCONSIN--5th Infantry. UNITED STATES--5th and 6th Cavalry; Batteries "A," "B" and "M" 2d Arty. Union loss, 1 killed, 1 wounded. Total, 2.


Sept. 11: Skirmish near Williamsport

ILLINOIS--12th Cavalry.


Sept. 12: Action, Frederick City

ILLINOIS--8th Cavalry. KENTUCKY--Simmond's Battery Light Arty. NEW YORK--1st (Lincoln) Cavalry. OHIO--3d Indpt. Cavalry Company; 11th and 28th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--8th and 12th Cavalry. UNITED STATES--Batteries "B," "L" and "M," 2d Arty. Union loss, 2 killed, 1 wounded, 12 missing. Total, 15.


Sept. 12-13: Action, Maryland Heights

MARYLAND--1st Cavalry (2 Cos.); 1st (3 cos.), and 3d Potomac Home Brigade Infantry. NEW YORK--5th Heavy Arty. (Cos. "F," "I"); 39th, 115th and 126th Infantry. OHIO--32d Infantry. RHODE ISLAND--7th Battalion Cavalry.


Sept. 13: Skirmish, Middletown

INDIANA--3d Cavalry (Cos. "A," "B"). ILLINOIS--8th Cavalry. MASSACHUSETTS--1st Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA--8th Cavalry. UNITED STATES--Batteries "C," "G," 3d Arty. Union loss (including Catoctin Mountain, Jefferson and South Mountain, Sept. 13), 5 killed, 22 wounded, 5 missing. Total, 32.


Sept. 13: Skirmish, Catoctin Mountain

ILLINOIS--8th Cavalry. INDIANA--3d Cavalry (Cos. "A," "B"). UNITED STATES--Batteries "B," "L," and "M," 2d Arty.


Sept. 13: Skirmish, Jefferson

NEW YORK--9th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--6th Cavalry.


Sept. 13: Skirmish, South Mountain

PENNSYLVANIA--6th Cavalry.


Sept. 14: Skirmish near Petersville

(No Reports.)


Sept. 14: Battle of South Mountain

CONNECTICUT--11th Infantry. ILLINOIS--8th and 12th Cavalry. INDIANA--3d Cavalry (Cos. "A," "B"), 7th, 14th and 19th Infantry. KENTUCKY--Simmond's Battery Light Arty. MAINE--1st Cavalry; 6th Battery Light Arty. MARYLAND--2d Infantry. MASSACHUSETTS--1st Cavalry; 8th Battery Light Arty.; 12th, 13th, 27th, 28th and 35th Infantry. MICHIGAN--8th and 17th Infantry. NEW HAMPSHIRE--6th and 9th Infantry. NEW YORK--Battery "L," 1st Light Arty.; 9th, 21st, 22d, 23d, 24th, 26th, 30th, 35th, 46th, 51st, 76th, 78th, 79th, 80th, 82d, 83d, 84th, 89th, 93d, 94th, 97th, 104th and 105th Infantry. OHIO--3d Indpt. Cavalry Company; 1st Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 11th, 12th, 23d, 28th, 30th and 36th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--Battery "B," 1st Light Arty.; Indpt. Battery "D," Light Arty.; 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th Reserve Infantry; 11th, 45th, 48th, 50th, 51st, 56th, 88th, 90th, 100th and 107th Infantry. RHODE ISLAND--4th Infantry. WISCONSIN--2d, 6th and 7th Infantry. UNITED STATES--1st and 2d Sharpshooters. Union loss, 325 killed, 1,403 wounded, 85 missing. Total, 1,813.


Sept. 14: Battle of Crampton's Gap, South Mountain.

MAINE--5th, 6th and 7th Infantry. MASSACHUSETTS--1st Battery Light Arty. NEW JERSEY--Battery "A," Light Artillery; 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th Infantry. NEW YORK--1st Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 16th, 18th, 27th, 31st, 32d, 33d, 49th and 77th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--4th and 6th Cavalry; 95th and 96th Infantry. VERMONT--2d, 3d, 4th, 5th and 6th Infantry. Union loss, 113 killed, 418 wounded, 2 missing. Total, 533.


Sept. 15: Action, Boonsborough

ILLINOIS--8th Cavalry. UNITED STATES--Battery "A," 2d Arty. Union loss, 1 killed, 15 wounded, 3 missing. Total, 19.


Sept. 15: Skirmish, White's Ford

PENNSYLVANIA--23d Infantry. RHODE ISLAND--1st Cavalry.


Sept. 15: Skirmish, Conrad's Ferry

RHODE ISLAND--1st Cavalry.


Sept. 15: Skirmish, Antietam Creek, near Keedysville

NEW HAMPSHIRE--5th Infantry. UNITED STATES--Battery "A," 2d Arty. Union loss, 4 wounded.


Sept. 16-17: Battle of Antietam, Sharpsburg

CONNECTICUT--8th, 11th, 14th and 16th Infantry. DELAWARE--1st, 2d and 3d Infantry. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA--2d Infantry. ILLINOIS--8th Cavalry. INDIANA--3d Cavalry (Cos. "A," "B"), 7th, 14th, 19th and 27th, Infantry. KENTUCKY--Simmond's Battery Light Arty. MAINE--1st Cavalry; 4th and 6th Batteries Light Arty.; 2d, 5th, 6th, 7th, 10th, 16th and 20th Infantry. MARYLAND--Battery "A," Light Arty.; 2d, 3d and 5th Infantry; Purnell Legion Infantry. MASSACHUSETTS--1st Cavalry; 1st, 3d and 8th Batteries Light Arty.; 1st and 2d Companies Sharpshooters; 2d, 7th, 9th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22d, 28th, 29th, 32d and 35th Infantry. MICHIGAN--Brady's Sharpshooters; 1st, 4th, 7th, 8th, 16th and 17th Infantry. MINNESOTA--1st Infantry. NEW HAMPSHIRE--1st Battery Light Arty.; 5th 6th and 9th Infantry. NEW YORK--1st (Lincoln), 6th (Cos. "D," "K") and 8th Cavalry; Batteries "B," "G" and "L," 1st Light Arty.; Batteries "A," "B," "C" and "D," 1st Battalion Light Arty.; 1st, 3d and 5th Indpt. Batteries Light Arty.; 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 13th, 16th, 18th, 20th, 21st, 22d, 23d, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 30th, 31st, 32d, 33d, 34th, 35th, 42d, 43d, 44th, 46th, 49th, 51st, 52d, 57th, 59th, 60th, 61st, 62d, 63d, 64th, 65th, 66th, 67th, 69th, 76th, 77th, 78th, 79th, 80th, 82d, 83d, 84th, 88th, 89th, 93d, 94th, 95th, 97th, 102d, 103d, 104th, 105th, 107th, 108th and 122d Infantry. NEW JERSEY--Battery "A," Light Arty.; 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th and 13th Infantry. OHIO--3d Indpt. Cavalry Company; 1st Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 23d, 28th, 30th, 36th and 66th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 6th, 8th and 15th Cavalry; Batteries "A," "B" and "F," 1st Light Arty.; Indpt. Batteries "C," "D," "E" and "F," Light Arty.; 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th Reserves Infantry; 11th, 23d, 28th, 45th, 46th, 48th, 49th, 50th, 51st, 53d, 56th, 61st, 69th, 71st, 72d, 81st, 82d, 83d, 88th, 90th, 95th, 96th, 100th, 102d, 106th, 107th, 111th, 114th, 118th, 124th, 125th, 128th, 130th, 132d, 139th and 147th Infantry. RHODE ISLAND--"A," "B," "C," "D" and "G," 1st Light Arty.; 2d and 4th Infantry. VERMONT--2d, 3d, 4th, 5th and 6th Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--Gillmore's and Harrison's Cavalry Companies; 7th Infantry. WISCONSIN--2d, 3d, 5th, 6th and 7th Infantry. UNITED STATES--5th and 6th Cavalry; Batteries "E," "I" and "K," 1st Arty.; "A," "B" and "L"; "C," "D," "E" and "M," 2d, Arty.; "C," "G" and "L" and "M," 3d Arty.; "A," "B," "C," "E," "F" and "G," 4th Arty.; "A," "C," "D," "F," "I" and "K," 5th Arty.; 1st Engineers; 1st and 2d Sharpshooters; 2d, 4th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 14th Infantry. Union loss, 2,108 killed, 9,549 wounded, 753 missing. Total, 12,410.


Sept. 19: Action. Sharpsburg, Shepherdstown and Blackford's Ford, or Botler's Ford and Williamsport, Potomac River

ILLINOIS--8th Cavalry. INDIANA--3d Cavalry (Cos. "A," "B"). MAINE--2d and 20th Infantry. MASSACHUSETTS--1st Cavalry; 3d Battery Light Arty.; 2d Company 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. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA--2d Infantry. UNITED STATES--5th and 6th Cavalry; Batteries "E," 1st Arty.; "A," "B" and "L" and "M," 2d, Arty.; "C" and "G," 3d Arty.; "G," 4th Arty.; "D," "I" and "K," 5th Arty.; 1st Sharpshooters; 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 6th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 14th and 17th Infantry. Union loss, 71 killed, 161 wounded, 131 missing. Total, 363.


Sept. 19-20: Skirmishes, Williamsport

NEW YORK--67th and 122d Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--61st and 82d Infantry. Union loss, 9 killed, 10 wounded, 8 missing. Total, 27.


Sept. 20: Skirmish, Hagerstown

ILLINOIS--12th Cavalry.


Oct. 1: Reconn. from Sharpsburg to Shepherdstown and Martinsburg, W. Va

ILLINOIS--8th Cavalry. INDIANA--3d Cavalry (Cos. "A," "B"). PENNSYLVANIA--8th Cavalry (3 Cos.). UNITED STATES--Battery "M," 2d Arty. Union loss, 12 wounded, 3 missing. Total, 15.


Oct. 4: Reconn. from Conrad's Ferry

(No Reports.)


Oct. 9: Skirmish, Four Locks

PENNSYLVANIA--3d Cavalry.


Oct. 9-12: Pursuit of Stuart into Pennsylvania

ILLINOIS--8th Cavalry. INDIANA--3d Cavalry (Cos. "A," "B"). UNITED STATES--Battery "M," 2d Arty.


Oct. 10: Affair, Fairview Heights

Capture of Signal Station.


Oct. 10: Skirmish, McCoy's or Kinsell's Ferry

ILLINOIS--12th Cavalry (Detachment).


Oct. 10: Skirmish near Green Springs Furnace

ILLINOIS--12th Cavalry (Detachment).


Oct. 12: Skirmish, Mouth of Monocacy

ILLINOIS--8th Cavalry. INDIANA--3d Cavalry (Cos. "A," "B"). MAINE--3d and 4th Infantry. UNITED STATES--Battery "M," 2d Arty.


Oct. 12: Skirmish, White's Ford

MAINE--3d Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--99th Infantry. RHODE ISLAND--1st Cavalry. UNITED STATES--Battery "M," 2d Arty.


Oct. 12-13: Skirmishes, Sharpsburg and Hagerstown Pike

ILLINOIS--8th Cavalry. NEW YORK--95th Infantry.


Oct. 16-17: Reconn. from Sharpsburg to Smithfield, W. Va.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA--2d Infantry. MASSACHUSETTS--1st Cavalry (Detachment); 3d Battery Light Arty.; 9th and 32d Infantry. MICHIGAN--4th Infantry. NEW YORK--14th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--62d, 91st, 126th, 129th and 134th Infantry. UNITED STATES--5th Cavalry (Detachment); Battery "D," 5th Arty.; 3d, 4th, 12th and 14th Infantry. Union loss, 3 killed, 6 wounded, 3 missing. Total. 12.


Oct. 29: Affair, opposite Williamsport

MARYLAND--1st Cavalry (Detachment); Capture of Confederate Pickets.


Nov. 24-25: Exp. from Sharpsburg to Shepherdstown, W. Va.

MAINE--1st Cavalry. MASSACHUSETTS--1st Cavalry (Detachments).


Nov. 25: Raid on Poolesville

Confederate Reports.


Dec. 14: Skirmish, Poolesville

NEW YORK--11th Cavalry.

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