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January 3 |
Skirmish at Bath (Berkley Springs). Major General Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson attacks Union forces in Bath. He attempts to destroy the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal as well as the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. This is the start of Jackson’s Romney Campaign. |
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January 3 |
Skirmish at Huntersville. Union forces skirmish with Confederates under the command of Brigadier General Ed (Allegheny) Johnson. |
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January 4 |
Skirmish at St John’s Run. Stonewall Jackson attacks Union forces as he occupies Bath. |
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January 4 |
Skirmish at Slanesville |
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January 5-6 |
From Bath General Jackson bombards Brigadier General Frederick Lander’s forces in Hancock, Maryland |
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January 7 |
Skirmish at Blues Gap. Brigadier General Benjamin F. Kelley sends Union troops under Colonel Dunning to attack Confederates at Blues Gap. General Jackson withdrawals from Hancock and moves on Romney. |
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January 10 |
Union forces under General Lander evacuates Romney. Stonewall Jackson’s Confederates occupy Romney the next day. |
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January 14 |
Logan Court House burned by Union Troops |
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February 2 |
Skirmish at Springfield |
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February 8 |
Skirmish at mouth of Blue Stone, Mercer the 45th Virginia Infantry was involved. |
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February 14 |
Skirmish at Bloomery Gap Union forces under General Lander attacks Confederate forces at Bloomery Gap (Furnace). Lander charges Colonel Anisansel of the 1st (West) Virginia Cavalry with cowardice. |
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February 24 |
Federals under Major General Nathaniel Banks occupy Harpers Ferry. |
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February 28 |
Federal forces occupy Charleston |
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March 2 |
Brigadier General Frederick West Lander dies at Camp Chase, Paw Paw, WV |
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March 3 |
Skirmish at Martinsburg and occupation by Federal forces. |
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March 11 |
The Department of Western Virginia is merged into the Mountain Department |
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March 19 |
Skirmish at Elk Mountain. Private Israel Field 3rd West Virginia Infantry is wounded. |
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March 29 |
Major General John C. Fremont takes command of the Mountain Department from Brigadier General William S. Rosecrans. |
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April 3 |
Skirmish at Moorefield. |
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April 16 |
John Echols appointed Brigadier General CSA |
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April 17 |
Skirmish at Holly River |
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May 4 |
Skirmish at Princeton |
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May 4 |
Skirmish at Franklin |
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May 7 |
Skirmish at Wardensville |
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May 12 |
Skirmish at Lewisburg |
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May 15 |
Skirmish at Ravenswood |
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May 16 |
Princeton occupied by Confederates |
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May 17 |
Princeton occupied by Federals |
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May 23 |
Battle of Lewisburg Colonel George Crook defeats Brigadier General Henry Heth |
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May 26 |
Skirmish near Franklin |
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July 18 |
Jesse Reno appointed Major General |
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July 25 |
Skirmish at Summersville |
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August 2 |
Operations around Wyoming Court House |
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August 6 |
Skirmish at Pack’s Ferry on the New River between Brigadier General Jacob Cox’s forces and Confederates under Major General William (One) Wing Loring |
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August 7 |
Skirmish at Horse Pen Creek |
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August 18 |
Skirmish at Huttonsville |
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August 20 |
JENKINS RAID begins |
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August 30 |
Buckhannon occupied by Confederates |
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August 31 |
Weston occupied by Confederates |
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September 1 |
Glenville occupied by Confederates |
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September 2 |
Skirmish at Spencer |
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September 5 |
JENKINS RAID ends |
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September 6-16 |
Major General Loring’s Kanawha Valley Campaign |
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September 11 |
Battle of Fayetteville |
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September 12-15 |
Siege and capture of Harpers Ferry by General Stonewall Jackson. This will be the largest capture of Federal property and troops until the fall of the Philippines in World War II. |
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September 13 |
Battle of Charleston. Colonel Joseph A. J. Lightburn retreated from Charleston. General Loring occupies the town. |
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September 19 |
Battle of Shepherdstown. After the Battle of Antietam General Robert E. Lee withdraws across the Potomac River. General George B. McClellan sends troops across the Potomac to pursue the Confederates. This action results in the largest Civil War battle on West Virginia soil. |
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September 20 |
Skirmish at Point Pleasant |
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October 1 |
Skirmish at Shepherdstown |
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October 6 |
Skirmish at Big Birch |
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October 20 |
Skirmish at Hedgesville |
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October 31 |
Skirmish near Kanawha Falls |
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November 9 |
Skirmish at South Fork |
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November 26 |
Skirmish at Sinking Creek. In action against Confederate forces at Sinking Creek Valley, Virginia, on November 26, 1862, Major William Powell displayed great courage and leadership. During a raid on the enemy, with but twenty men, he charged and captured the enemy's camp, 500 strong, without the loss of man or gun. |
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December 3 |
Skirmish at Moorefield |
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December 12 |
Skirmish near Bunker Hill |
