Troop engagements of the American Civil War, 1861
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Troop Engagements in 1861
April
- 12
- Bombardment of Fort Sumter, South Carolina
- No casualties.
- 15
- Evacuation of Fort Sumter, S. C.
- Losses: Union One soldier was killed and three others wounded by a premature explosion of a cannon in firing a salute to the United States flag.
- 19
- Riots in Baltimore, Maryland.
- Regiments: 6th Massachusetts, 26th Pennsylvania
- Losses: Union 4 killed, 30 wounded; Confederacy 9 killed.
May
- 10
- Camp Jackson, Missouri
- Military units: 1st, 3d and 4th Mo. Reserve Corps, 3d Mo. Vols.
- Losses: Confederacy 639 prisoners.
- Riots in St. Louis, Mo.
- Military units: 5th Mo., U. S. Reserves.
- Losses: Union 4 killed; Confederacy 27 killed.
June
- 3
- Philippi, West Virginia
- Military units: 1st W. Va., 14th and 16th Ohio, 7th and 9th Ind.
- Losses: Union 2 wounded; Confederacy 16 wounded.
- 10
- Big Bethel, Va.
- Military units: 1st, 2d, 3d, 5th and 7th N. Y., 4th Mass. Detachment of 2d U. S. Artil.
- Losses: Union 16 killed, 34 wounded; Confederacy 1 killed, 7 wounded.
- 11
- Romney, W. Va.
- Military units: 11th Ind.
- Losses: Union 1 wounded; Confederacy 2 killed, 1 wounded.
- 17
- Vienna, Va.
- Military units: 1st Ohio.
- Losses: Union 5 killed, 6 wounded; Confederacy 6 killed.
- Booneville, Mo.
- Military units: 2d Mo. (three months') Volunteers, Batteries H and L Mo. Light Artil.
- Losses: Union 2 killed, 19 wounded; Confederacy 14 killed, 20 wounded.
- Edwards Ferry, Md.
- Military units: 1st Pa.
- Losses: Union 1 killed, 4 wounded; Confederacy 15 killed.
- 18
- Camp Cole, Mo.
- Military units: Home Guards.
- Losses: Union 15 to 25 killed, 25 to 52 wounded; Confederacy 4 killed, 20 wounded.
- 26
- Patterson Creek or Kelley's Island, Va.
- Military units: 11th Ind.
- Losses: Union 1 killed, 1 wounded; Confederacy 7 killed, 2 wounded.
- 27
- Matthias' Point, Va.
- Military units: Gunboats Pawnee and Freeborn.
- Losses: Union 1 killed, 4 wounded.
July
- 2
- Falling Waters, Md., also called Haynesville or Martinsburg, Md.
- Military units: 1st Wis., 11th Pa.
- Losses: Union 8 killed, 15 wounded; Confederacy 31 killed, 50 wounded.
- 5
- Carthage or Dry Forks, Mo.
- Military units: 3d and 5th Mo., one battery of Mo. Artil.
- Losses: Union 13 killed, 31 wounded; Confederacy 30 killed, 125 wounded, 45 prisoners.
- Newport News, Va.
- Military units: 1st Co. 9th N. Y.
- Losses: Union 6 wounded; Confederacy 3 wounded.
- 6
- Middle Creek Fork or Buckhannon, W. Va.
- Military units: One Co. 3d Ohio.
- Losses: Union 1 killed, 6 wounded; Confederacy 7 killed.
- 7
- Great Falls, Va.
- Military units: 8th N. Y.
- Losses: Union 2 killed; Confederacy 12 killed.
- 8
- Laurel Hill or Bealington, W. Va.
- Military units: 14th Ohio, 9th Ind.
- Losses: Union 2 killed, 6 wounded.
- 10
- Monroe Station, Mo.
- Military units: 16th Ill., 3d Ia., Hannibal (Mo.) Home Guards.
- Losses: Union 3 killed; Confederacy 4 killed, 20 wounded, 75 prisoners.
- 11
- Rich Mountain, Va.
- Military units: 8th, 10th and 13th Ind., 19th Ohio.
- Losses: Union 11 killed, 35 wounded; Confederacy 60 killed, 140 wounded, 100 prisoners.
- 12
- Barboursville or Red House, Va.
- Military units: 2d Ky.
- Losses: Union 1 killed; Confederacy 10 killed.
- Beverly, W. Va.
- Military units: 4th and 9th Ohio.
- Losses: Confederacy 600 prisoners.
- 14
- Carrick's Ford, W. Va.
- Military units: 14th Ohio, 7th and 9th Ind.
- Losses: Union 13 killed, 40 wounded; Confederacy 20 killed, 10 wounded, 50 prisoners.
- 16
- Millsville or Wentzville, Mo.
- Military units: 8th Mo.
- Losses: Union 7 killed, 1 wounded; Confederacy 7 killed.
- 17
- Fulton, Mo.
- Military units: 3d Mo. Reserves.
- Losses: Union 1 killed, 15 wounded.
- Scarrytown, W. Va.
- Military units: 2d Ky., 12th and 21st Ohio, 1st Ohio Battery.
- Losses: Union 9 killed, 38 wounded.
- Martinsburg, Mo.
- Military units: One Co. of 1st Mo. Reserves.
- Losses: Union 1 killed, 1 wounded.
- Bunker Hill, Va.
- Military units: Detachment of Gen. Patterson's command.
- Losses: Confederacy 4 killed.
- 18
- Blackburn's Ford, Va.
- Military units: 1st Mass., 2d and 3d Mich., 12th N. Y., Detachment of 2d U. S. Cav., Battery E 3d U. S. Artil.
- Losses: Union 19 killed, 38 wounded; Confederacy 15 killed, 53 wounded.
- 18 and 19
- Harrisonville and Parkersville, Mo.
- Military units: Van Horne's (Mo.) Battalion, Cass Co. Home Guards.
- Losses: Union 1 killed; Confederacy 14 killed.
- 21
- Bull Run or Manassas, Va.
- Military units: 2d Me., 2d N. H., 2d Vt., 1st, 4th and 5th Mass., 1st and 2d R. I., 1st, 2d and 3d Conn., 8th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 16th, 18th, 27th, 29th, 31st, 32d, 35th, 38th, and 39th N. Y., 2d, 8th, 14th, 69th, 71st and 79th N. Y. Militia, 27th Pa., 1st, 2d and 3d Mich., 1st and 2d Minn., 2d Wis., 1st and 2d Ohio, Detachments of 2d, 3d and 8th U. S. Regulars, Battalion of Marines, Batteries D, E, G and M, 2d U. S. Artil., Battery E, 3d Artil., Battery D, 5th Artil., 2d R. I. Battery, Detachments of 1st and 2d Dragoons.
- Losses: Union 481 killed, 1,011 wounded, 1,460 missing and captured; Confederacy 269 killed, 1,483 wounded. Confederate Brig.-Gens. Bee and Barton killed.
- 22
- Forsyth, Mo.
- Military units: 1st Ia., 2d Kan., Stanley Dragoons, Totten's Battery.
- Losses: Union 3 wounded; Confederacy 5 killed, 10 wounded.
- 24
- Blue Mills, Mo.
- Military units: 5th Mo. Reserves.
- Losses: Union 1 killed, 12 wounded.
- 26
- Lane's Prairie, near Rolla, Mo.
- Military units: Home Guards.
- Losses: Union 3 wounded; Confederacy 1 killed, 3 wounded.
- 27
- Fort Fillmore, N. Mex.
- Military units: 7th U. S. Inft. and U. S. Mounted Rifles, in all 400 men, captured by Confederates.
August
- 2
- Dug Springs, Mo. — 1st Ia., 3d Mo., five batteries of Mo. Light Artil. — Union 4 killed, 37 wounded. — Confed. 40 killed, 41 wounded.
- 3
- Messilla, N. Mex. — 7th U. S. Inft. and U. S. Mounted Rifles. — Union 3 killed, 6 wounded. — Confed. 12 killed.
- 5
- Athens, Mo. — Home Guards, 21st Mo. — Union 3 killed, 8 wounded. — Confed. 14 killed, 14 wounded.
- Point of Rocks, Md. — 28th N. Y. — Confed. 3 killed, 2 wounded.
- 7
- Hampton, Va. — 20th N. Y. — Confed. 3 killed, 6 wounded.
- 8
- Lovettsville, Va. — 19th N. Y. — Confed. 1 killed, 5 wounded.
- 10
- Wilson's Creek, Mo., also called Springfield and Oak Hill. — 6th and 10th Mo. Cav., 2d Kan. Mounted Vols., one Co. of 1st U. S. Cav., 1st Ia., 1st Kan., 1st, 2d, 3d and 5th Mo., Detachments of 1st and 2d U. S. Regulars, Mo. Home Guards, 1st Mo. Light Artil., Battery F 2d U. S. Artil. — Union 223 killed, 721 wounded, 291 missing. — Confed. 265 killed, 800 wounded, 30 missing. — Union Brig.-Gen. Nathaniel Lyon killed.
- Potosi, Mo. — Mo. Home Guards. — Union 1 killed. — Confed. 2 killed, 3 wounded.
- 17
- Brunswick, Mo. — 5th Mo. Reserves. — Union 1 killed, 7 wounded.
- 19
- Charlestown or Bird's Point, Mo. — 22d Ill. — Union 1 killed, 6 wounded. — Confed. 40 killed.
- 20
- Hawk's Nest, W. Va. — 11th Ohio. — Union 3 wounded. — Confed. 1 killed, 3 wounded.
- 26
- Cross Lanes or Summerville, W. Va. — 7th Ohio. — Union 5 killed, 40 wounded, 200 captured.
- 27
- Ball's Cross Roads, Va. — Two Co.'s 23d N. Y. — Union 1 killed, 2 wounded.
- 28 and 29
- Fort Hatteras, N. C. — 9th, 20th and 99th N. Y. and Naval force. — Union 1 killed, 2 wounded. — Confed. 5 killed, 51 wounded, 715 prisoners.
- 29
- Lexington, Mo. — Mo. Home Guards. — Confed. 8 killed.
- 31
- Munson's Hill, Va. — Two Cos. 23d N. Y. — Union 2 killed, 2 wounded.
September
- 1
- Bennett's Mills, Mo. — Mo. Home Guards. — Union 1 killed, 8 wounded.
- Boone C. H., W. Va. — 1st Ky. — Union 6 wounded. — Confed. 30 killed.
- 2
- Dallas, Mo. — 11th Mo. — Union 2 killed.
- Dry Wood or Ft. Scott, Mo. — 5th and 6th Kan., one Co. of 9th Kan. Cav., 1st Kan. Battery. — Union 4 killed, 9 wounded.
- Beher's Mills. — 13th Mass. — Confed. 3 killed, 5 wounded.
- 10
- Carnifex Ferry. — 9th, 10th, 12th, 13th, 28th and 47th Ohio. — Union 16 killed, 102 wounded.
- 11
- Lewinsville, Va. — 19th Ind., 3d Vt., 65th N. Y., 79th N. Y. Militia. — Union 6 killed, 8 wounded.
- 12
- Black River, near Ironton, Mo. — Three Cos. 1st Ind. Cav. — Confed. 5 killed.
- 12 and 13
- Cheat Mountain, W. Va. — 13th, 14th, 15th and 17th Ind., 3d, 6th, 24th and 25th Ohio, 2d W. Va. — Union 9 killed, 12 wounded. — Confed. 80 wounded.
- 13
- Booneville, Mo. — Mo. Home Guards. — Union 1 killed, 4 wounded. — Confed. 12 killed, 30 wounded.
- 14
- Confederate Privateer Judah destroyed near Pensacola, Fla., by the U. S. Flag-ship Colorado. — Union 3 killed, 15 wounded.
- 15
- Pritchard's Mills, or Darnestown, Va. — 28th Pa., 13th Mass. — Union 1 killed. — Confed. 8 killed, 75 wounded.
- 12 to 20
- Lexington, Mo. — 23d Ill., 8th, 25th and 27th Mo., 13th and 14th Mo. Home Guards, Berry's and Van Horne's Mo. Cav., 1st Ill. Cav. — Union 42 killed, 108 wounded, 1,624 missing and captured. — Confed. 25 killed, 75 wounded.
- 17
- Morristown, Mo. — 5th, 6th and 9th Kan. Cav., 1st Kan. Battery. — Union 2 killed, 6 wounded. — Confed. 7 killed.
- Blue Mills, Mo. — 3d Ia. — Union 11 killed, 39 wounded. — Confed. 10 killed, 60 wounded.
- 18
- Barboursville, W. Va. — Ky. Home Guards. — Union 1 killed, 1 wounded. — Confed. 7 killed.
- 22
- Eliott's Mills or Camp Crittenden, Mo. — 7th Ia. — Union 1 killed, 5 wounded.
- 23
- Romney or Hanging Rock, W. Va. — 4th and 8th Ohio. — Union 3 killed, 50 wounded. — Confed. 35 killed.
- 25
- Chapmansville, W. Va. — 1st Ky., 34th Ohio. — Union 4 killed, 9 wounded. — Confed. 20 killed, 50 wounded.
- 26
- Lucas Bend, Ky. — Stewart's Cavalry. — Confed. 4 killed.
- 29
- Camp Advance, Munson's Hill, Va. — 69th Pa., through mistake, fire into the 71st Pa., killing 9 and wounding 25.
October
- 3
- Greenbrier, W. Va. — 24th, 25th and 32d Ohio, 7th, 9th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 17th Ind., Battery G, 4th U. S. Artil., Battery A, 1st Mich. Artil. — Union 8 killed, 32 wounded. — Confed. 100 killed, 75 wounded.
- 4
- Alamosa, near Ft. Craig, N. Mex. — Mink's Cav. and U. S. Regulars. — Confed. 11 killed, 30 wounded.
- Buffalo Hill, Ky. — Union 20 killed. — Confed. 50 killed.
- 8
- Hillsborough, Ky. — Home Guards. — Union 3 killed, 2 wounded. — Confed. 11 killed, 29 wounded.
- 9
- Santa Rosa, Fla. — 6th N. Y., Co. A 1st U. S. Artil., Co. H 2d U. S. Artil., Co.'s C and E 3d U. S. Inft. — Union 14 killed, 29 wounded. — Confed. 350 wounded.
- 12
- Cameron, Mo. — James' Cav. — Union 1 killed, 4 wounded. — Confed. 8 killed.
- Upton Hill, Ky. — 39th Ind. — Confed. 5 killed, 3 wounded.
- Bayles' Cross Roads, La. — 79th N.Y. — Union 4 wounded.
- 13
- Beckwith Farm (12 miles from Bird's Point), Mo. — Tuft's Cav. — Union 2 killed, 5 wounded. — Confed. 1 killed, 2 wounded.
- West Glaze, also called Shanghai, or Henrytown, or Monday's Hollow, Mo. — 6th and 10th Mo. Cav. Fremont Battalion Cav. — Confed. 62 killed.
- 15
- Big River Bridge, near Potosi, Mo. — Forty men of 38th Ill. — Union 1 killed, 6 wounded, 33 captured. — Confed. 5 killed, 4 wounded.
- Lime Creek, Mo. — 13th Ill. Inft., 6th Mo. Cav. — Confed. 63 killed, 40 wounded.
- 16
- Bolivar Heights, Va. — Parts of 28th Pa., 3d Wis., 13th Mass. — Union 4 killed, 7 wounded.
- Warsaw, Mo. — Confed. 3 killed.
- 17 to 21
- Fredericktown and Ironton, Mo. — 17th, 20th, 21st, 33d and 38th Ill., 8th Wis., 1st Ind. Cav., Co. A 1st Mo. Light Artil. — Union 6 killed, 60 wounded. — Confed. 200 wounded.
- 19
- Big Hurricane Creek, Mo. — 18th Mo. — Union 2 killed, 14 wounded. — Confed. 14 killed.
- 21
- Ball's Bluff, also called Edwards Ferry, Harrison's Landing, Leesburg, Va. — 15th, 20th Mass., 40th N. Y., 71st Pa., Battery B, R. I. Artil. — Union 223 killed, 226 wounded. — Confed. 36 killed, 264 wounded, 445 captured and missing. — Union Acting Brig-Gen. E. D. Baker killed.
- 22
- Buffalo Mills, Mo. — Confed. 17 killed.
- 23
- West Liberty, Ky. — 2d Ohio, 1st and Loughlin's Ohio Cav., 1st Ohio Artil. — Union 2 wounded. — Confed. 10 killed, 5 wounded.
- Hodgeville, Ky. Detach. 6th Ind. — Union 3 wounded. — Confed. 3 killed, 5 wounded.
- 25
- Zagonyi's Charge, Springfield, Mo. — Fremont's Body Guard and White's Prairie Scouts. — Union 18 killed, 37 wounded. — Confed. 106 killed.
- 26
- Romney or Mill Creek Mills, W. Va. — 4th and 8th Ohio, 7th W. Va., Md. Volunteers, 2d Regt. of Potomac Home Guards, and Ringgold (Pa.) Cav. — Union 2 killed, 15 wounded. — Confed. 20 killed, 15 wounded, 50 captured.
- Saratoga, Ky. — 9th Ill. — Union 4 wounded. — Confed. 8 killed, 17 wounded.
- 27
- Plattsburg, Mo. — Confed. 8 killed.
- Spring Hill, Mo. — 1st Co. of 7th Mo. Cav. — Union 5 wounded.
- 29
- Woodbury and Morgantown, Ky. — 17th Ky., 3d Ky. Cav. — Union 1 wounded.
November
- 1
- Renick, Randolph Co., Mo. — Union 14 wounded.
- 6
- Little Santa Fe, Mo. — 4th Mo., 5th Kan. Cav., Kowald's Mo. Battery. — Union 2 killed, 6 wounded.
- 7
- Belmont, Mo. — 22d, 27th, 30th and 31st Ill., 7th Ia., Battery B 1st Ill. Artil., 2d Co. 15th Ill. Cav. — Union 90 killed, 173 wounded, 235 missing. — Confed. 261 killed, 427 wounded, 278 missing.
- Galveston Harbor, Tex. — U. S. Frigate Santee burned the Royal Yacht. — Union 1 killed, 8 wounded. — Confed. 3 wounded.
- Port Royal, S. C. — Bombardment by U. S. Navy. — Union 8 killed, 23 wounded. — Confed. 11 killed, 39 wounded.
- 9
- Piketown or Fry Mountain, Ky. — 2d, 21st, 33d and 59th Ohio, 16th Ky. — Union 4 killed, 26 wounded. — Confed. 18 killed, 45 wounded, 200 captured.
- 10
- Guyandott, W. Va. — Recruits of 9th W. Va. — Union 7 killed, 20 wounded. — Confed. 3 killed, 10 wounded.
- Gauley Bridge, W. Va. — 11th Ohio, 2d Ky. Cav. — Union 2 killed, 16 wounded.
- 11
- Little Blue, Mo. — 110 men of the 7th Kan. Cav. — Union 7 killed, 9 wounded.
- 12
- Occoquan Creek, Va. — Detach. 1st N. Y. Cav. — Union 3 killed, 1 wounded.
- 17
- Cypress Bridge, Ky. — Union 10 killed, 15 wounded.
- 18
- Palmyra, Mo. — Detach. 3d Mo. Cav. — Confed. 3 killed, 5 wounded.
- 19
- Wirt C. H., W. Va. — Detach. 1st W. Va. Cav. — Confed. 1 killed, 5 wounded.
- 23
- Ft. Pickens, Pensacola, Fla. — Cos. C and E 3d U. S. Inft., Cos. G and I 6th N. Y., Batteries A, F and L 1st U. S. Artil., and C, H and K 2d U. S. Artil. — Union 5 killed, 7 wounded. — Confed. 5 killed, 93 wounded.
- 24
- Lancaster, Mo. — 21st Mo. — Union 1 killed, 2 wounded. — Confed. 13 killed.
- 26
- Little Blue, Mo. — 7th Kan. Cav. — Union 1 killed, 1 wounded.
- Drainesville, Va. — 1st Pa. Cav. — Confed. 2 killed.
- 29
- Black Walnut Creek, near Sedalia, Mo. — 1st Mo. Cav. — Union 15 wounded. — Confed. 17 killed.
December
- 3
- Salem, Mo. — Detach. 10th Mo. Cav. — Union 6 killed, 10 wounded. — Confed. 16 killed, 20 wounded.
- Vienna, Va. — Detach. 3d Pa. Cav. — Union all captured. — Confed. 1 killed.
- 4
- Anandale, Va. — 30 men of 3d N. J. — Union 1 killed. — Confed. 7 killed.
- Dunksburg, Mo. — Citizens repulse raiders. — Confed. 7 killed, 10 wounded.
- 11
- Bertrand, Mo. — 2d Ill. Cav. — Union 1 wounded.
- 13
- Camp Allegheny or Buffalo Mountain, W. Va. — 9th and 13th Ind., 25th and 32d Ohio, 2d W. Va. — Union 20 killed, 107 wounded. — Confed. 20 killed, 96 wounded.
- 17
- Rowlett's Station, also called Mumfordsville or Woodsonville, Ky. — 32d Ind. — Union 10 killed, 22 wounded. — Confed. 33 killed, 50 wounded.
- 18
- Milford, also called Shawnee Mound, or Blackwater, Mo. — 27th Ohio, 8th, 18th, 22d and 24th Ind., 31st Kan., 1st Ia. Cav., Detach. U. S. Cav., 2 Batteries of 1st Mo. Lt. Artil. — Union 2 killed, 8 wounded. — Confed. 1,300 captured.
- 20
- Drainesville, Va. — 1st, 6th, 9th, 10th and 12th Pa. — Reserve Corps, 1st Pa. Artil., 1st Pa. Cav. — Union 7 killed, 61 wounded. — Confed. 43 killed, 143 wounded.
- 21
- Hudson, Mo. — Detach. 7th Mo. Cav. — Union 5 wounded. — Confed. 10 killed.
- 22
- Newmarket Bridge, near Newport News, Va. — 20th N. Y. — Union 6 wounded. — Confed. 10 killed, 20 wounded.
- 24
- Wadesburg, Mo. — Mo. Home Guards. — Union 2 wounded.
- 28
- Sacramento, Ky. — 3d Ky. Cav. — Union 1 killed, 8 wounded. — Confed. 30 killed.
- Mt. Zion, Mo. — Birge's Sharpshooters, 3d Mo. Cav. — Union 5 killed, 63 wounded. — Confed. 25 killed, 150 wounded.
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