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1861


April 18: Abandonment of Harper's Ferry

Destruction of Ordnance stores.


May 30: Occupation of Grafton

OHIO--16th Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--1st and 2d Infantry.


June 3: Action, Phillippi

INDIANA--6th, 7th and 9th Infantry. OHIO--Barnett's Battery Light Arty.; 14th and 16th Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--1st Infantry. Union loss, 2 wounded.


June 13: Action, Romney

INDIANA--11th Infantry.


June 15: Evacuation of Harper's Ferry

By Confederates.


June 19: Affair, New Creek

Local Militia.


June 23: Skirmish, Righter

OHIO--20th Infantry.


June 26: Skirmish, Frankfort, Patterson's Creek

INDIANA--11th Infantry. Union loss, 1 killed, 1 wounded.


June 29: Skirmish, Bowman's Place, Cheat River

OHIO--15th and 16th Infantry (Detachments). WEST VIRGINIA--1st Infantry (Detachment).


June 30: Occupation of Buckhannon

INDIANA--8th and 10th Infantry. OHIO--19th Infantry.


July 2: Action, Falling Water, Hoke's Run

PENNSYLVANIA--1st Troop Philadelphia Cavalry; 6th, 8th, 11th, 15th, 21st and 23d Infantry. WISCONSIN--1st Infantry. UNITED STATES--Battery "F" 4th Arty. Union loss, 8 killed, 15 wounded. Total, 23.


July 4: Skirmish, Harper's Ferry

NEW YORK--83d (9th S. M.) Infantry. Union loss, 2 killed, 2 wounded. Total, 4.


July 6-7: Skirmishes, Middle Fork Bridge

OHIO--3d Infantry (1 Co.). Union loss, 1 killed, 6 wounded. Total, 7.


July 6-17: Campaign in West Virginia

ILLINOIS--Barker's Chicago Dragoons; Sturgis' Rifles. INDIANA--8th, 10th, 13th, 14th and 15th Infantry. KENTUCKY--1st and 2d Infantry. MICHIGAN--Battery "A" 1st Light Arty. OHIO--3d, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th and 22d Infantry; Barnett's Battery Light Arty.; Burdsall's Dragoons. PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA--1st and 2d Infantry. UNITED STATES--Batteries "G" and "I" 4th Arty.


July 7: Skirmish, Laurel Hill

INDIANA--7th and 9th Infantry. OHIO--14th Infantry.


July 7: Skirmish, Glenville

OHIO--17th Infantry.


July 7: Skirmish, Belington

INDIANA--7th Infantry.


July 7-12: Skirmishes, Laurel Hill and Belington

INDIANA--7th and 9th Infantry. OHIO--Barnett's Battery Light Arty.; 14th Infantry. Union loss, 2 killed, 6 wounded. Total, 8.


July 10: Skirmish, Belington

INDIANA--9th Infantry.


July 10: Skirmish, Camp Garnett, Rich Mountain

MICHIGAN--Battery "A" 1st Light Arty. OHIO--4th and 9th Infantry.


July 11: Engagement, Camp Garnett, Rich Mountain

INDIANA--8th, 10th and 13th Infantry. MICHIGAN--Battery "A" 1st Light Arty. OHIO--Burdsall's Dragoons; 3d, 4th and 19th Infantry. Union loss, 12 killed, 59 wounded. Total, 71.


July 11-13: Expedition to Romney

INDIANA--11th Infantry.


July 12: Capture of Beverley

OHIO--4th and 9th Infantry.


July 13-17: Pursuit of Garnett's forces

INDIANA--7th and 9th Infantry. OHIO--Barnett's Battery Light Arty.; 14th Infantry.


July 13: Skirmish, Red House

KENTUCKY--2d Infantry (Cos. "A," "B," "D," "F," "K"). Union loss, 1 killed.


July 13-14: Action, Carrick's Ford

INDIANA--7th and 9th Infantry. OHIO--Barnett's Battery Light Arty.; 14th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry. Union loss, 13 killed, 40 wounded. Total, 53.


July 15: Action, Bunker Hill

PENNSYLVANIA--McMullin's Rangers; 21st and 23d Infantry. RHODE ISLAND--1st Battery Light Arty. UNITED STATES--2d Cavalry (Detachment).


July 16: Skirmish, Barboursville

KENTUCKY--2d Infantry. Union loss, 1 killed, 1 wounded. Total, 2.


July 17: Action, Scarry Creek, Scarrytown

KENTUCKY--2d Infantry. OHIO--Burdsall's and George's Cavalry Companies; Barnett's Battery Light Arty.; 11th and 21st Infantry. Union loss, 9 killed, 38 wounded. Total, 47.


July 21: Picket Affair, Charlestown

PENNSYLVANIA--14th Infantry.


Aug. 5: Skirmish, Rich Mountain

OHIO--Burdsall's Cavalry Co.


Aug. 13: Skirmish, Grafton

WEST VIRGINIA--4th Infantry (Co. "A").


Aug. 20: Skirmish, Hawk's Nest

OHIO--12th Infantry. Union loss, 3 wounded.


Aug. 20: Skirmish, Laurel Fork Creek

WEST VIRGINIA--2d Infantry.


Aug. 23: Skirmish, Springfield

(No Reports.)


Aug. 25: Skirmish near Piggot's Mill, Big Run

OHIO--11th Infantry.


Aug. 26: Skirmish, Blue's House

(No Reports.)


Aug. 26: Skirmish, Cross Lanes, near Summerville

OHIO--7th Infantry. Union loss, 5 killed, 40 wounded, 200 missing. Total, 245.


Aug. 26-27: Skirmish, Wayne Court House

WEST VIRGINIA--5th Infantry.


Aug. 28: Skirmish, Gauley Bridge

KENTUCKY--1st Infantry.


Sept. --: Skirmish, Hanging Rock Pass

Confederate Reports.


Sept. 1: Skirmish, Boone Court House

KENTUCKY--1st Infantry. OHIO--26th Infantry.


Sept. 1: Skirmish, Blue Creek

(No Reports.)


Sept. 1: Skirmish, Gauley Bridge

KENTUCKY--2d Infantry.


Sept. 2: Skirmish, Burlington

PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry.


Sept. 2: Skirmish, Worthington, Marion County

OHIO--8th Infantry.


Sept. 2: Skirmish, Beller's Mills, near Harper's Ferry

MASSACHUSETTS--13th Infantry.


Sept. 2: Skirmish, Hawk's Nest

(No details.)


Sept. 6: Skirmish, Rowell's Run

WEST VIRGINIA--3d Infantry.


Sept. 7: Skirmish, Petersburg

OHIO--4th Infantry (3 Cos.).


Sept. 9: Skirmish, Shepardstown

MARYLAND--1st Infantry (Cos. "E," "G").


Sept. 10: Engagement, Carnifax Ferry, Gauley River

ILLINOIS--Schambeck's Chicago Dragoons. OHIO--1st Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 9th, 10th, 12th, 13th, 23d, 28th, 30th and 47th Infantry. Union loss, 17 killed, 141 wounded. Total, 158.


Sept. 11: Skirmish, Elkwater

INDIANA--15th and 17th Infantry. OHIO--3d Infantry.


Sept. 11-12: Skirmish, Point Mt. Turnpike

INDIANA--17th Infantry.


Sept. 11-17: Operations on Cheat Mountain

INDIANA--Wilder's Battery Light Arty.; 13th, 14th, 15th, and 17th Infantry. MICHIGAN--Battery "A" 1st Light Arty. OHIO--3d, 6th, 24th and 25th Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--2d Infantry.


Sept. 12: Skirmish, Coal River

(No Reports.)


Sept. 12: Skirmish, Petersburg

INDIANA--Wilder's Battery Light Arty. OHIO--4th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry.


Sept. 12: Skirmish, Cheat Summit

INDIANA--14th Infantry. OHIO--24th and 25th Infantry.


Sept. 12: Skirmish, Peytonia

KENTUCKY--1st Infantry.


Sept. 12: Action, Cheat Mountain Pass

INDIANA--Wilder's Battery Light Arty.; 13th, 14th, 15th and 17th Infantry. OHIO--3d, 6th, 24th and 25th Infantry. MICHIGAN--Battery "A" 1st Light Arty. WEST VIRGINIA--2d Infantry. Union loss, 9 killed, 12 wounded. Total, 21.


Sept. 13: Skirmish, Elkwater

INDIANA--Wilder's Battery Light Arty.


Sept. 14: Skirmish, Elkwater

INDIANA--17th Infantry.


Sept. 16: Skirmish, Princeton

OHIO--3d Indpt. Cavalry Company.


Sept. 17: Skirmish, Harper's Ferry

(No Reports.)


Sept. 23: Action, Romney-Hanging Rock

OHIO--4th and 8th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA--3d Infantry. Union loss, 3 killed, 50 wounded. Total, 53.


Sept. 23: Skirmish, Cassville

WEST VIRGINIA--5th Infantry.


Sept. 23-25: Engagement, Romney

OHIO--4th and 8th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA--3d Infantry.


Sept. 25: Action, Chapmansville

KENTUCKY--1st Infantry. OHIO--34th Infantry. Union loss, 4 killed, 9 wounded. Total, 13.


Sept. 25: Action, Kanawha Gap

OHIO--34th Infantry.


Oct. 3-4: Engagement, Greenbrier River, Cheat Mountain

INDIANA--Bracken's Cavalry Company; 7th, 9th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 17th Infantry. MICHIGAN--Battery "A" 1st Light Arty. OHIO--Bowen's and Robinson's Cavalry Companies; 24th, 25th and 32d Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--Washington County Cavalry Company. WEST VIRGINIA--Battery "A" Light Arty. UNITED STATES--Battery "G" 4th Arty. Union loss, 8 killed, 35 wounded. Total, 43.


Oct. 11: Skirmish, Harper's Ferry

NEW YORK--31st Infantry. WISCONSIN--3d Jnfantry.


Oct. 13: Skirmish, Cotton Hill

KENTUCKY--Simmons' Battery Light Arty. MASSACHUSETTS--13th Infantry (Cos. "I" and "K"). NEW YORK--9th Indpt. Battery Light Arty. PENNSYLVANIA--28th Infantry (Cos. "D," "F," "G"). RHODE ISLAND--Battery "A" 1st Light Arty. Union loss, 4 killed, 7 wounded, 2 missing. Total, 13.


Oct. 16: Action, Bolivar Heights, near Harper's Ferry

 


Oct. 19-Nov. 16: Operations in Kanawha Valley and New River Region

KENTUCKY--1st and 2d Infantry. OHIO--7th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 23d, 26th, 28th, 30th, 37th, 44th and 47th Infantry.


Oct. 19-21: Skirmishes, New River

OHIO--28th Infantry.


Oct. 23: Skirmish, Gauley Bridge

KENTUCKY--1st Infantry.


Oct. 26: Engagement, Romney-Mill Creek Mills

OHIO--4th and 8th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA--3d. 4th and 7th Infantry. Union loss, 2 killed, 15 wounded. Total, 17.


Oct. 26: Skirmish, South Branch Bridge

MARYLAND--2d Potomac Home Brigade Infantry. Union loss, 1 killed, 6 wounded. Total, 7.


Oct. 26: Skirmish, Springfield

(No Reports.)


Oct. 31: Skirmish, Greenbrier

OHIO--24th Infantry.


Nov. 1: Skirmish, Gauley Bridge, New River

OHIO--13th Infantry.


Nov. 3: Skirmish, Gauley Bridge or Cotton Hill

OHIO--13th Infantry.


Nov. 4: Skirmish, Fayetteville

(No Reports.)


Nov. 8-14: Operations, Townsend's Ferry

Schenck's Brigade Army W. Va.


Nov. 10: Skirmish, Guyandotte

WEST VIRGINIA--1st Cavalry (Detachment); 9th Infantry (Recruits). Union loss, 7 killed, 20 wounded. Total, 27.


Nov. 10: Skirmish, Gauley Bridge

KENTUCKY--1st and 2d Infantry. OHIO--11th Infantry. Union loss, 2 killed, 16 wounded. Total, 18.


Nov. 10-11: Skirmish, Blake's Farm, Cotton Hill

KENTUCKY--2d Infantry. OHIO--11th Infantry. Union loss, 2 killed, 1 wounded, 6 missing. Total, 9.


Nov. 12: Skirmish, Cotton Hill

OHIO--13th Infantry.


Nov. 12: Skirmish, Laurel Creek, Fayette County

OHIO--12th (Co. "H") and 13th (Co. "A") Infantry. Union loss, 1 killed, 2 wounded. Total, 3.


Nov. 13: Skirmish near Romney

PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry.


Nov. 14: Skirmish, McCoy's Mills

OHIO--7th, 13th and 37th Infantry.


Nov. 19: Skirmish, Wirt Court House

WEST VIRGINIA--1st Cavalry (Detachment).


Nov. 30: Skirmish, Little Cacapon River

(No Reports.)


Dec. 8: Skirmish, Romney

OHIO--5th Infantry.


Dec. 12: Skirmish, Greenbrier River

INDIANA--9th Infantry.


Dec. 13: Engagement, Camp Allegheny, Allegheny Mountain, Buffalo Mountain

INDIANA--Bracken's Cavalry Company; Wilder's Battery Light Arty.; 9th and 13th Infantry. OHIO--25th and 32d Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--Battery "G" Light Arty.; 2d Infantry. Union loss, 20 killed, 107 wounded, 10 missing. Total, 137.


Dec. 15-21: Expedition to Meadow Bluff

OHIO--36th Infantry (Cos. "B," "E," "H").


Dec. 25: Skirmish, Cherry Run

MARYLAND--1st Infantry (Co. "A").


Dec. 28: Occupation of Beckley

By Union forces.


Dec. 28: Occupation of Raleigh Court House

OHIO--23d Infantry.


Nov. 29: Capture of Suttonville, Braxton Court House

WEST VIRGINIA--1st Cavalry (1 Co.).


Dec. 29-30: Skirmishes in Clay, Braxton and Webster Counties

WEST VIRGINIA--1st Cavalry; 3d Infantry.


Dec. 31-Jan. 6, '62: Expedition to Huntersville

INDIANA--Bracken's Cavalry Co. OHIO--25th Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--2d Infantry.

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