Troop engagements of the American Civil War, 1862

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Contents

1 Troop Engagements in 1862 1.1 January 1.2 February 1.3 March 1.4 April 1.5 May 1.6 June 1.7 July 1.8 August 1.9 September 1.10 October 1.11 November 1.12 December

Troop Engagements in 1862

January

1

• Port Royal, S. C. — 3d Mich., 47th, 48th and 79th N. Y., 50th Pa. — Union 1 killed, 10 wounded.

4

• Huntersville, Va. — Detachments of 25th Ohio, 2d W. Va. and 1st Ind. Cav. — Union 1 wounded. — Confed. 1 killed, 7 wounded.
• Bath, Va., also including skirmishes at Great Cacapon Bridge, Alpine Station and Hancock. — 39th Ill. — Union 2 killed, 2 wounded. — Confed. 30 wounded.
• Calhoun, Mo. — Union 10 wounded. — Confed. 30 wounded.

7

• Blue Gap, near Romney, Va. — 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th Ohio, 14th Ind., 1st W. Va. Cav. — Confed. 15 killed.
• Jennies' Creek, Ky., also called Paintsville. — Four Cos. 1st W. Va. Cav. — Union 3 killed, 1 wounded. — Confed. 6 killed, 14 wounded.

8

• Charleston, Mo. — 10th Ia. — Union 8 killed, 16 wounded.
• Dry Forks, Cheat River, W. Va. — One Co. of 2d W. Va. Cav. — Union 6 wounded. — Confed. 6 killed.
• Silver Creek, Mo., also called Sugar Creek, and Roan's Tan Yard. — Detachments of 1st and 2d Mo., 4th Ohio, 1st Iowa Cav. — Union 5 killed, 6 wounded. — Confed. 80 wounded.

9

• Columbus, Mo. — 7th Kan. Cav. — Union 5 killed.

10

• Middle Creek and Prestonburg, Ky. — 40th and 42d Ohio, 14th and 22d Ky. — Union 2 killed, 25 wounded. — Confed. 40 killed.

19 and 20

• Mill Springs, Ky., also called Logan's Cross Roads, Fishing Creek, Somerset and Beech Grove. — 9th Ohio, 2d Minn., 4th Ky., 10th Ind., 1st Ky. Cav. — Union 38 killed, 194 wounded. — Confed. 190 killed, 160 wounded. Confed. Gen. F. K. Zollikoffer killed.

22

• Knob Nester, Mo. — 2d Mo. Cav. — Union 1 killed.

29

• Occoquan Bridge, Va. — Detachments of 37th N. Y. and 1st N. J. Cav. — Union 1 killed, 4 wounded. — Confed. 10 killed.

February

1

• Bowling Green, Ky. — One Co. of 2d Ind. Cav. — Confed. 3 killed, 2 wounded.

6

• Fort Henry, Tenn. — U. S. Gunboats Essex, Carondelet, Saint Louis, Cincinnati, Conestoga, Tyler, and Lexington. — Union 40 wounded. — Confed. 5 killed, 11 wounded.

8

• Linn Creek, Va. — Detachment of 5th W. Va. — Union 1 killed, 1 wounded. — Confed. 8 killed, 7 wounded.
• Roanoke Island, N. C. — 21st, 23d, 24th, 25th and 27th Mass., 10th Conn., 9th, 51st and 53d N. Y., 9th N. J., 51st Pa., 4th and 5th R. I., U. S. Gunboats Southfield, Delaware, Stars and Stripes, Louisiana, Hetzel, Commodore Perry, Underwriter, Valley City, Commodore Barney, Hunchback, Ceres, Putnam, Morse, Lockwood, J. N. Seymour, Granite, Brinker, Whitehead, Shawseen, Pickett, Pioneer, Hussar, Vidette, Chasseur. — Union 35 killed, 200 wounded. — Confed. 16 killed, 39 wounded, 2,527 taken prisoners.

10

• Elizabeth City, or Cobb's Point, N. C. — U. S. Gunboats Delaware, Underwriter, Louisiana, Seymour, Hetzel, Shawseen, Valley City, Putnam, Commodore Perry, Ceres, Morse, Whitehead, and Brinker. — Union 3 killed.

13

• Blooming Gap, Va. — 8th Ohio, 7th W. Va., 1st W. Va. Cav. — Union 2 killed, 5 wounded. — Confed. 13 killed.

14

• Flat Lick Fords, Ky. — 49th Ind., 6th Ky. Cav. — Confed. 4 killed, 4 wounded.

14, 15 and 16

• Fort Donelson, Tenn. — 17th and 25th Ky., 11th, 25th, 31st, and 44th Ind., 2d, 7th, 12th and 14th Iowa, 1st Neb., 58th and 76th Ohio, 8th and 13th Mo., 8th Wis., 8th, 9th, 11th, 12th, 17th, 18th, 20th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 41st, 45th, 46th, 48th, 49th, 57th and 58th Ill., Batteries B and D 1st Ill. Art., D and E 2d Ill. Artil., four Cos. Ill. Cav., Birge's Sharpshooters and six gunboats. — Union 446 killed, 1,735 wounded, 150 missing. — Confed. 231 killed, 1,007 wounded, 13,829 prisoners. — Union Maj.-Gen. John A. Logan wounded.

17

• Sugar Creek or Pea Ridge, Mo. — 1st and 6th Mo., 3d Ill. Cav. — Union 5 killed, 9 wounded.

18

• Independence, Mo. — 2d Ohio Cav. — Union 1 killed, 3 wounded. — Confed. 4 killed, 5 wounded.

21

• Ft. Craig or Valverde, N. Mex. — 1st N. Mex. Cav., 2d Col. Cav., Detachments of 1st, 2d and 5th N. Mex., and of 5th, 7th and 10th U. S. Inft., Hill's and McRae's Batteries. — Union 62 killed, 140 wounded. — Confed. 150 wounded.

24

• Mason's Neck, Occoquan, Va. — 37th N. Y. — Union 2 killed, 1 wounded.

26

• Keytesville, Mo. — 6th Mo. Cav. — Union 2 killed, 1 wounded. — Confed. 1 killed.

March

2

• Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. — 32d Ill. and U. S. Gunboats Lexington and Tyler. — Union 5 killed, 5 wounded. — Confed. 20 killed, 200 wounded.

3

• New Madrid, Mo. — 5th Iowa, 59th Ind., 39th and 63d Ohio, 2d Mich. Cav., 7th Ill. Cav. — Union 1 killed, 3 wounded.

5

• Occoquan, Va. — Detachment of 63d Pa. — Union 2 killed, 2 wounded.

6, 7 and 8

• Pea Ridge, Ark., including engagements at Bentonville, Leetown and Elkhorn Tavern. 25th, 35th, 36th, 37th, 44th and 59th Ill., 2d, 3d, 12th, 15th, 17th, 24th, and Phelps' Mo., 8th, 18th and 22d Ind., 4th and 9th Iowa, 3d Iowa Cav., 3d and 15th Ill. Cav., 1st, 4th, 5th and 6th Mo. Cav., Batteries B and F 2d Mo. Light Artil., 2d Ohio Battery, 1st Ind. Battery, Battery A 2d Ill. Artil. — Union 203 killed, 972 wounded, 174 missing. — Confed. 1,100 killed, 2,500 wounded, 1,600 missing and captured. — Union Brig-Gen. Asboth and Actg. Brig.-Gen. Carr wounded. — Confed. Brig.-Gen. B. McCulloch and Actg. Brig.-Gen. James McIntosh killed.

7

• Fox Creek, Mo. — 4th Mo. Cav. — Union 5 wounded.

8

• Near Nashville, Tenn. — 1st Wis., 4th Ohio Cav. — Union 1 killed, 2 wounded. — Confed. 4 killed.

9

• Mountain Grove, Mo. — 10th Mo. Cav. — Union 10 killed, 2 wounded.
• Hampton Roads, Va. — 20th Ind., 7th and 11th N. Y., U. S. Gunboats Monitor, Minnesota, Congress, and Cumberland. — Union 261 killed, 108 wounded. — Confed. 7 killed, 17 wounded.

10

• Burke's Station, Va. — One Co. 1st N. Y. Cav. — Union 1 killed. — Confed. 3 killed, 5 wounded.
• Jacksborough, Big Creek Gap, Tenn. — 2d Tenn. — Union 2 wounded. — Confed. 2 killed, 4 wounded.

11

• Paris, Tenn. — Detachments of 5th Iowa and 1st Neb. Cav., Battery K 1st Mo. Art. — Union 5 killed, 5 wounded. — Confed. 10 wounded.

12

• Lexington, Mo. — 1st Iowa Cav. — Union 1 killed, 1 wounded. — Confed. 9 killed, 3 wounded.
• Near Lebanon, Mo. — Confed. 13 killed, 5 wounded.

13

• New Madrid, Mo. — 10th and 16th Ill., 27th, 39th, 43d and 63d Ohio, 3d Mich. Cav., 1st U. S. Inft., Bissell's Mo. Engineers. — Union 50 wounded. — Confed. 100 wounded.

14

• Newberne, N. C. — 51st N. Y., 8th, 10th and 11th Conn., 21st, 23d, 24th, 25th and 27th Mass., 9th N. J., 51st Pa., 4th and 5th R. I. — Union 91 killed, 466 wounded. — Confed. 64 killed, 106 wounded, 413 captured.

16

• Black Jack Forest, Tenn. — Detachments of 4th Ill. and 5th Ohio Cav. — Union 4 wounded.

18

• Salem or Spring River, Ark. — Detachments of 6th Mo. and 3d Iowa Cav. — Union 5 killed, 10 wounded. — Confed. 100 killed, wounded and missing.

21

• Mosquito Inlet, Fla. — U. S. Gunboats Penguin and Henry Andrew. — Union 8 killed, 8 wounded.

22

• Independence or Little Santa Fe, Mo. — 2d Kan. — Union 1 killed, 2 wounded. — Confed. 7 killed.

23

• Carthage, Mo. — 6th Kan. Cav. — Union 1 wounded.
• Winchester or Kearnstown, Va. — 1st W. Va., 84th and 110th Pa., 5th, 7th, 8th, 29th, 62d and 67th Ohio, 7th, 13th and 14th Ind., 39th Ill., 1st Ohio Cav., 1st Mich. Cav., 1st W. Va. Artil., 1st Ohio Artil., Co. E 4th U. S. Artil. — Union 103 killed, 440 wounded, 24 missing. — Confed. 80 killed, 342 wounded, 269 prisoners.

26

• Warrensburg or Briar, Mo. — Sixty men of 7th Mo. Militia Cav. — Union 1 killed, 22 wounded. — Confed. 9 killed, 17 wounded.
• Humonsville, Mo. — Co. B 8th Mo. — Militia Cav. — Union 5 wounded. — Confed. 15 wounded.

26, 27 and 28

• Apache Cañon or Glorietta, near Santa Fe, N. Mex. — 1st and 2d Colo. Cav. — Union 32 killed, 75 wounded, 35 missing. — Confed. 36 killed, 60 wounded, 93 missing.

28

• Warrensburg, Mo. — 1st Ill. Cav. — Union 3 killed, 1 wounded. — Confed. 15 killed.

April

2

• Putnam's Ferry, near Doniphan, Mo. — 21st and 38th Ill., 5th Ill. Cav., 16th Ohio Battery and Col. Carlin's Brigade. — Confed. 3 killed.

4

• Great Bethel, Va. — Advance of 3d Corps Army of Potomac. — Union 4 killed, 10 wounded.
• Crump's Landing or Adamsville, Tenn. — 48th, 70th and 72d Ohio, 5th Ohio Cav. — Union 2 wounded. — Confed. 20 wounded.

6 and 7

• Shiloh or Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. — Army of Western Tennessee, commanded by Maj.-Gen. U. S. Grant, as follows: 1st Div., Maj.-Gen. J. A. McClernand; 2d Div., Maj.-Gen. C. F. Smith; 3d Div., Brig.-Gen. Lew. Wallace; 4th Div., Brig.-Gen. S. A. Hurlburt; 5th Div., Brig.-Gen. W. T. Sherman; 6th Div., Brig.-Gen. B. M. Prentiss. Army of the Ohio commanded by Maj.-Gen. D. C. Buell, as follows: 2d Div., Brig.-Gen. A. M. D. Cook; 4th Div., Brig.-Gen. W. Nelson; 5th Div., Brig.-Gen. T. L. Crittenden, 21st Brigade of the 6th Div., Gunboats Tyler and Lexington. — Union 1,735 killed, 7,882 wounded, 3,956 captured. — Confed. 1,728 killed, 8,012 wounded, 959 captured. — Union Brig.-Gen. W. T. Sherman and W. H. L. Wallace wounded and B. M. Prentiss captured. — Confed. Maj.-Gen. A. S. Johnson, commander-in-chief, and Brig.-Gen. A. H. Gladden killed; Maj.-Gen. W. S. Cheatham and Brig.-Gen. C. Clark, B. R. Johnson, and J. S. Bowen wounded.

8

• Island No. 10, Tenn. — Maj.-Gen. Pope's command and the Navy, under Flag-officer Foote. — Confed. 17 killed, 3,000 prisoners.
• Near Corinth, Miss. — 3d Brigade 5th Div. Army of Western Tennessee and 4th Ill. Cav. — Confed. 15 killed, 25 wounded, 200 captured.

9

• Owen's River, Cal. — 2d Cal. Cav. — Union 1 killed, 2 wounded

10

• Ft. Pulaski, Ga. — 6th and 7th Conn., 3d R. I., 46th and 48th N. Y., 8th Maine, 15th U. S. Inft., Crew of U. S. S. Wabash. — Union 1 killed. — Confed. 4 wounded, 360 prisoners.

11

• Huntsville, Ala. — Army of the Ohio 3d Div. — Confed. 200 prisoners.
• Yorktown, Va. — 12th N. Y., 57th and 63d Pa. — Union 2 killed, 8 wounded.

12

• Little Blue River, Mo. — Confed. 5 killed.
• Monterey, Va. — 75th Ohio, 1st W. Va. Cav. — Union 3 wounded.

14

• Pollocksville, N. C. — Confed. 7 wounded.
• Diamond Grove, Mo. — 6th Kan. Cav. — Union 1 wounded.
• Walkersville, Mo. — 2d Mo. Militia Cav. — Union 2 killed, 3 wounded.
• Montavallo, Mo. — Two Cos. 1st Iowa Cav. — Union 2 killed, 6 wounded. — Confed. 2 killed, 10 wounded.

15

• Pechacho Pass, Ariz. — 1st Cal. Cav. — Union 3 killed, 3 wounded.

16

• Savannah, Tenn. — Confed. 5 killed, 65 wounded.
• White Marsh or Wilmington Island, Ga. — 8th Mich., Battery of R. I. Light Artil. — Union 10 killed, 35 wounded. — Confed. 5 killed, 7 wounded.
• Lee's Mills, Va. — 3d, 4th and 6th Vt., 3d N. Y. Battery and Battery of 5th U. S. Artil. — Union 35 killed, 129 wounded. — Confed. 20 killed, 75 wounded, 50 captured.

17

• Holly River, W. Va. — Union 3 wounded. — Confed. 2 killed.

18

• Falmouth, Va. — 2d N. Y. Cav. — Union 5 killed, 16 wounded. — Confed. 19 captured.
• Edisto Island, S. C. — 55th Pa., 3d N. H., U. S. S. Crusader. — Union 3 wounded.

18 to 28

• Forts Jackson and St. Philip, and the capture of New Orleans, La. — Commodore Farragut's fleet of war vessels and mortar boats, under Commander D. D. Porter. — Union 36 killed, 193 wounded. — Confed. 185 killed, 197 wounded, 400 captured.

19

• Talbot's Ferry, Ark. — 4th Iowa Cav. — Union 1 killed. — Confed. 3 killed.
• Camden, N.C., also called South Mills. — 9th and 89th N. Y., 21st Mass., 51st Pa., 6th N. H. — Union 12 killed, 98 wounded. — Confed. 6 killed, 19 wounded.

23

• Grass Lick, W. Va. — 3d Md., Potomac Home Brigade. — Union 3 killed.

25

• Fort Macon, N. C. — U. S. Gunboats Daylight, Georgia, Chippewa, the bark Gemsbok, and Gen. Parkes's division. — Union 1 killed, 11 wounded. — Confed. 7 killed, 18 wounded, 450 captured.

26

• Turnback Creek, Mo. — 5th Kan. Cav. — Union 1 killed.
• Neosho, Mo. — 1st Mo. Cav. — Union 3 killed, 3 wounded. — Confed. 30 wounded, 62 prisoners.
• In front of Yorktown, Va. — Three Cos. 1st Mass. — Union 3 killed, 16 wounded.

27

• Horton's Mills, N. C. — 103d N. Y. — Union 1 killed, 6 wounded. — Confed. 3 wounded.

28

• Paint Rock Railroad Bridge. — Twenty-two men of 10th Wis. — Union 7 wounded.
• Cumberland Mountain, Tenn. — 16th and 42d Ohio, 22d Ky.
• Monterey, Tenn. — 2d Iowa Cav. — Union 1 killed, 3 wounded. — Confed. 5 killed.

29

• Bridgeport, Ala. — 3d Div. Army of the Ohio. — Confed. 72 killed and wounded, 350 captured.

May

1

• Clarke's Hollow, W. Va. — Co. C 23d Ohio. — Union 1 killed, 21 wounded.

3

• Farmington, Miss. — 10th, 16th, 22d, 27th, 42d and 51st Ill., 10th and 16th Mich., Yates's (Ill.) Sharpshooters, 2d Mich. Cav., Battery C 1st Ill. Artil. — Union 2 killed, 12 wounded. — Confed. 30 killed.

4

• Licking, Mo. — 24th Mo., 5th Mo., Militia Cav. — Union 1 killed, 2 wounded.
• Cheese Cake Church, Va. — 3d Pa., 1st and 6th U. S. Cav.

5

• Lebanon, Tenn. — 1st, 4th and 5th Ky. Cav., Detachment of the 7th Pa. — Union 6 killed, 25 wounded. — Confed. 66 prisoners.
• Lockridge Mills or Dresden, Ky. — 5th Iowa Cav. — Union 4 killed, 16 wounded, 68 missing.
• Williamsburg, Va. — 3d and 4th Corps Army of the Potomac. — Union 456 killed, 1,400 wounded, 372 missing. — Confed. 1,000 killed, wounded, and captured.

7

• West Point or Eltham's Landing, Va. — 16th, 31st and 32d N. Y., 95th and 96th Pa., 5th Maine, 1st. Mass. Artil., Battery D 2d U. S. Artil. — Union 49 killed, 104 wounded, 41 missing.
• Somerville Heights, Va. — 13th Ind. — Union 2 killed, 7 wounded, 24 missing.

8

• McDowell or Bull Pasture, Va. — 25th, 32d, 75th and 82d Ohio, 3d W. Va., 1st W. Va. Cav., 1st Conn. Cav., 1st Ind. Battery. — Union 28 killed, 225 wounded. — Confed. 100 killed, 200 wounded.
• Glendale, near Corinth, Miss. — 7th Ill. Cav. — Union 1 killed, 4 wounded. — Confed. 30 killed and wounded.

9

• Elkton Station, near Athens, Ala. — Co. E 37th Ind. — Union 5 killed, 43 captured. — Confed. 13 killed.
• Slatersville or New Kent C. H., Va. — 98th Pa., 2d R. I., 6th U. S. Cav. — Union 4 killed, 3 wounded. — Confed. 10 killed, 14 wounded.

10

• Fort Pillow, Tenn. — U. S. Gunboats Cincinnati and Mound City. — Union 3 wounded. — Confed. 2 killed, 1 wounded.

11

• Bloomfield, Mo. — 1st Wis. Cav. — Confed. 1 killed.

13

• Monterey, Tenn. — Part of Brig.-Gen. M. L. Smith's Brigade. — Union 2 wounded. — Confed. 2 killed, 3 wounded.

15

• Linden, Va. — One Co. of 28th Pa. — Union 1 killed, 3 wounded, 14 missing.
• Fort Darling, James River, Va. — U. S. Gunboats Galena, Port Royal, Naugatuck, Monitor, and Aroostook. — Union 12 killed, 14 wounded. — Confed. 7 killed, 8 wounded.
• Chalk Bluffs, Mo. — 1st Wis. Cav. — Union 1 killed, 3 wounded.
• Butler, Bates Co., Mo. — 1st Iowa Cav. — Union 3 killed, 1 wounded.

15, 16 and 18

• Princeton, W. Va. — Gen. J. D. Cox's Division. — Union 30 killed, 70 wounded. — Confed. 2 killed, 14 wounded.

17

• In front of Corinth, Miss. — Brig.-Gen. M. L. Smith's Brigade. — Union 10 killed, 31 wounded. — Confed. 12 killed.

19

• Searcy Landing, Ark. — Detachments of 3d and 17th Mo. and 4th Mo. Cav., Battery B 1st Mo. Light Artil. — Union 18 killed, 27 wounded. — Confed. 150 killed, wounded and missing.
• Clinton, N. C. — Union 5 wounded. — Confed. 9 killed.

21

• Phillip's Creek, Miss. — 2d Div. Army of Tennessee. — Union 3 wounded.

22

• Florida, Mo. — Detachment 3d Iowa Cav. — Union 2 wounded.
• Near New Berne, N. C. — Co. I 17th Mass. — Union 3 killed, 8 wounded.

23

• Lewisburg, Va. — 36th and 44th Ohio, 2d W. Va. Cav. — Union 14 killed, 60 wounded. — Confed. 40 killed, 66 wounded, 100 captured.
• Front Royal, Va. — 1st Md., Detachments of 29th Pa., Capt. Mapes' Pioneers, 5th N. Y. Cav., and 1st Pa. Artil. — Union 32 killed, 122 wounded, 750 missing.
• Buckton Station, Va. — 3d Wis., 27th Ind. — Union 2 killed, 6 wounded. — Confed. 12 killed.
• Ft. Craig, New Mex. — 3d U. S. Cav. — Union 3 wounded.

24

• New Bridge, Va. — 4th Mich. — Union 1 killed, 10 wounded. — Confed. 60 killed and wounded, 27 captured.
• Chickahominy, Va. — Davidson's Brigade of 4th Corps. — Union 2 killed, 4 wounded.

25

• Winchester, Va. — 2d Mass., 29th and 46th Pa., 27th Ind., 3d Wis., 28th N. Y., 5th Conn., Battery M 1st N. Y. Artil., 1st Vt. Cav., 1st Mich. Cav., 5th N. Y. Cav. — Union 38 killed, 155 wounded, 711 missing.

27

• Hanover C. H., Va. — 12th, 13th, 14th, 17th, 25th and 44th N. Y., 62d and 83d Pa., 16th Mich., 9th and 22d Mass., 5th Mass. Artil., 2d Maine Artil., Battery F 5th U. S. Artil., 1st U. S. Sharpshooters. — Union 53 killed, 344 wounded. — Confed. 200 killed and wounded, 730 prisoners.
• Big Indian Creek, near Searcy Landing, Ark. — 1st Mo. Cav. — Union 3 wounded. — Confed. 5 killed, 25 wounded.
• Osceola, Mo. — 1st Iowa Cav. — Union 3 killed, 2 wounded.

28

• Wardensville, Va. — 3d Md., Potomac Home Brigade, 3d Ind. Cav. — Confed. 2 killed, 3 wounded.

29

• Pocataligo, S. C. — 50th Pa., 79th N. Y., 8th Mich., 1st Mass. Cav. — Union 2 killed, 9 wounded.

30

• Booneville, Miss. — 2d Iowa Cav., 2d Mich. Cav. — Confed. 2,000 prisoners.
• Front Royal, Va. — 1st R. I. Cav. — Union 5 killed, 8 wounded. — Confed. 156 captured.

31

• Neosho, Mo. — 10th Ill. Cav., 14th Mo. Cav. (Militia). — Union 2 killed, 3 wounded.
• Near Washington, N. C. — 3d N. Y. Cav. — Union 1 wounded. — Confed. 3 killed, 2 wounded.

31 and June 1

• Seven Pines and Fair Oaks, Va. — 2d Corps, 3d Corps and 4th Corps, Army of the Potomac. — Union 890 killed, 3,627 wounded, 1,222 missing. — Confed. 2,800 killed, 3,897 wounded, 1,300 missing. — Union Brig.-Gen'ls O. O. Howard, Naglee, and Wessells wounded. — Confed. Brig.-Gen. Hatton killed, Gen. J. E. Johnson and Brig.-Gen. Rhodes wounded, Brig.-Gen. Pettigrew captured.

June

1 and 2

Strasburg and Staunton Road, Va.

• Military units: 8th W. Va., 60th Ohio, 1st N. J. Cav., 1st Pa. Cav.
• Losses: Union 2 wounded.

3

Legare's Point, S. C.

• Military units: 28th Mass., 100th Pa.
• Losses: Union 5 wounded.

4

• Jasper, Sweden's Cove, Tenn. — 79th Pa., 5th Ky. Cav., 7th Pa. Cav. 1st Ohio Battery. — Union 2 killed, 7 wounded. — Confed. 20 killed, 20 wounded.
• Blackland, Miss. — 2d Iowa Cav., 2d Mich. Cav. — Union 5 killed, 14 wounded.

5

• Tranter's Creek, N. C. — 24th Mass., Co. I 3d N. Y. Cav., Marine Artil. — Union 7 killed, 11 wounded.

6

• Memphis, Tenn. — U. S. Gunboats Benton, Louisville, Carondelet, Cairo, and St. Louis; and Rams Monarch and Queen of the West. — Confed. 80 killed and wounded, 100 captured.
• Harrisonburg, Va. — 1st N. J. Cav., 1st Pa. Rifles, 6th Ohio, 8th W. Va. — Union 63 missing. — Confed. 17 killed, 50 wounded. Confed. Gen. Ashby killed.

8

• Cross Keys or Union Church, Va. — 8th, 39th, 41st, 45th, 54th and 58th N. Y., 2d, 3d, 5th and 8th W. Va., 25th, 32d, 55th, 60th, 73d, 75th and 82d Ohio, 1st and 27th Pa., 1st Ohio Battery. — Union 125 killed, 500 wounded. — Confed. 42 killed, 230 wounded. Confed. Brig.-Gens. Stewart and Elzey wounded.

9

• Port Republic, Va. — 5th, 7th, 29th and 66th Ohio, 84th and 110th Pa., 7th Ind., 1st W. Va., Batteries E 4th U. S. and A and L 1st Ohio Artil. — Union 67 killed, 361 wounded, 574 missing. — Confed. 88 killed, 535 wounded, 34 missing.

10

• James Island, S. C. — Union 3 killed, 13 wounded. — Confed. 17 killed, 30 wounded.

11

• Monterey, Owen Co., Ky. — Capt. Blood's Mounted Provost Guard, 13th Ind. Battery. — Union 2 killed. — Confed. 100 captured.

12

• Waddell's Farm, near Village Creek, Ark. — Detachment of 9th Ill. Cav. — Union 12 wounded. — Confed. 28 killed and wounded.

13

• Old Church, Va. — 5th U. S. Cav. — Confed. 1 killed.
• James Island, S. C. — Union 3 killed, 19 wounded. — Confed. 19 killed, 6 wounded.

14

• Turnstall Station, Va. — Union 4 killed, 8 wounded. Bushwackers fire into railway train.

16

• Secessionville or Fort Johnson, James Island, S. C. — 46th, 47th and 79th N. Y., 3d R. I., 3d N. H., 45th, 97th and 100th Pa., 6th and 7th Conn., 8th Mich., 28th Mass., 1st N. Y. Engineers, 1st Conn. Artil., Battery E 3d U. S. and I 3d R. I. Artil., Co. H 1st Mass. Cav. — Union 85 killed, 472 wounded, 138 missing. — Confed. 51 killed, 144 wounded.

17

St. Charles, White River, Ark.

• Military units: 43d and 46th Ind., U. S. Gunboats Lexington, Mound City, Conestoga, and St. Louis.
• Losses: Union 105 killed, 30 wounded; Confederacy 155 killed, wounded and captured.

Warrensburg, Mo.

• Military units: 7th Mo. Cav. (Militia).
• Losses: Union 2 killed, 2 wounded.

Smithville, Ark.

• Losses: Union 2 killed, 4 wounded; Confederacy 4 wounded, 15 prisoners.

18

Williamsburg Road, Va.

• Military units: 16th Mass.
• Losses: Union 7 killed, 57 wounded; Confederacy 5 killed, 9 wounded.

21

Battle Creek, Tenn.

• Military units: 2d and 33d Ohio, 10th Wis., 24th Ill., 4th Ohio Cav., 4th Ky. Cav., and Edgarton's Battery.
• Losses: Union 4 killed, 3 wounded.

22

Raceland, near Algiers, La.

• Military units: 8th Vt.
• Losses: Union 3 killed, 8 wounded.

23

Raytown, Mo.

• Military units: 7th Mo. Cav.
• Losses: Union 1 killed, 1 wounded.

25

Oak Grove, Va., also called Kings School House and The Orchards.

• Military units: Hooker's and Kearney's Divisions of the Third Corps, Palmer's Brigade of the Fourth Corps, and part of Richardson's Division of the Second Corps.
• Losses: Union 51 killed, 401 wounded, 64 missing; Confederacy 65 killed, 465 wounded, 11 missing.

Germantown, Tenn.

• Military units: 56th Ohio.
• Losses: Union 10 killed.

Little Red River, Ark.

• Military units: 4th Iowa Cav.
• Losses: Union 2 wounded.

26 to 29

Vicksburg, Miss.

• Military units: U. S. Fleet, under command of Commodore Farragut.
• No casualties recorded.

26 to July 1

The Seven Days' Retreat. 

Including engagements known as Mechanicsville or Ellison's Mills on the 26th, Gaines' Mills or Cold Harbor and Chickahominy on the 27th, Peach Orchard and Savage Station on the 29th, White Oak Swamp, also called Charles City Cross Roads, Glendale, Nelson's Farm, Frazier's Farm, Turkey Bend and New Market Cross Roads on the 30th, and Malvern Hill on July 1st.

Military units

 : Army of the Potomac, Major General George B. McClellan commanding.

Union losses

 : 1st Corps, Brig.-Gen. McCall's Div., 253 killed, 1,240 wounded, 1,581 missing;
2nd Corps, Maj.-Gen. E. V. Sumner, 187 killed, 1076 wounded, 848 missing;
3rd Corps, Maj.-Gen. Heintzleman, 189 killed, 1,051 wounded, 833 missing;
4th Corps, Maj.-Gen. E. D. Keyes, 69 killed, 507 wounded, 201 missing;
5th Corps, Maj.-Gen. Fitz-John Porter, 620 killed, 2,460 wounded, 1,198 missing;
6th Corps, Maj.-Gen. Franklin, 245 killed, 1,313 wounded, 1,179 missing;
Cavalry, Brig.-Gen. Stoneman, 19 killed, 60 wounded, 97 missing;
Engineers' Corps, 2 wounded, 21 missing;
Total: 1,582 killed, 7,709 wounded, 5,958 missing.
(Maj.-Gen. Sumner and Brig.-Gens. Mead, Brook, and Burns, wounded.)

Confederacy losses

 : Maj.-Gen. Hager's Division, 187 killed, 803 wounded, 360 missing;
Maj.-Gen. Magruder's Division, 258 killed, 1,495 wounded, 30 missing;
Maj.-Gen. Longstreet's Division, 763 killed, 3,929 wounded, 239 missing;
Maj.-Gen. Hill's Division, 619 killed, 3,251 wounded;
Maj.-Gen. Jackson's Division, 966 killed, 4,417 wounded, 63 missing;
Maj.-Gen. Holmes' Division, 2 killed, 52 wounded;
Maj.-Gen. Stuart's Cavalry, 15 killed, 30 wounded, 60 missing;
Artillery, Brig.-Gen. Pendleton, 10 killed, 34 wounded;
Total: 2,820 killed, 14,011 wounded, 752 missing.
(Brig.-Gens. Griffith, killed, and Anderson, Featherstone, and Pender wounded.)

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Williams Bridge, Amite River, La.

• Military units: 21st Ind.
• Losses: Union 2 killed, 4 wounded; Confederacy 4 killed.

Village Creek, Ark.

• Military units: 9th Ill. Cav.
• Losses: Union 2 killed, 30 wounded.

Waddell's Farm, Ark.

• Military units: Detachment 3d Iowa Cav.
• Losses: Union 4 killed, 4 wounded.

29

Willis Church, Va.

• Military units: Cavalry advance of Casey's Division, 4th Corps.
• Losses: Confederacy 2 killed, 15 wounded, 46 captured.

30

Luray, Va.

• Military units: Detachment of Cavalry of Brig.-Gen. Crawford's Command.
• Losses: Union 1 killed, 3 wounded.

July

1

• Boonville, Miss. — 2d Iowa Cav., 2d Mich. Cav. — Union 45 killed and wounded. — Confed. 17 killed, 65 wounded.
• Morning Sun, Tenn. — 57th Ohio. — Union 4 wounded. — Confed. 11 killed, 26 wounded.

3

• Haxals or Elvington Heights, Va. — 14th Ind., 7th W. Va., 4th and 8th Ohio. — Union 8 killed, 32 wounded. — Confed. 100 killed and wounded.

6

• Grand Prairie, near Aberdeen, Ark. — 24th Ind. — Union 1 killed, 21 wounded. — Confed. 84 killed and wounded.

7

• Bayou Cache, also called Cotton Plant, Round Hill, Hill's Plantation and Bayou de View. — 11th Wis., 33d Ill., 8th Ind., 1st Mo. Light Artil., 1st Ind. Cav., 5th and 13th Ill. Cav. — Union 7 killed, 57 wounded. — Confed. 110 killed, 200 wounded.

8

• Black River, Mo. — 5th Kan. Cav. — Union 1 killed, 3 wounded.

9

• Hamilton, N. C. — 9th N. Y. and Gunboats Perry, Ceres, and Shawseen. — Union 1 killed, 20 wounded.
• Aberdeen, Ark. — 24th, 34th, 43d and 46th Ind. — Casualties not recorded.
• Tompkinsville, Ky. — 3d Pa. Cav. — Union 4 killed, 6 wounded. — Confed. 10 killed and wounded.

August

September

1

• Britton's Lane, Tenn. — 20th and 30th Ill., 4th Ill. Cav., Foster's (Ohio) Cav., Battery A 2d Ill. Art. — Union 5 killed, 51 wounded, 52 missing. — Confed. 179 killed, 100 wounded.
• Chantilly, Va. — McDowell's Corps, Army of Virginia. — Hooker's and Kearney's Divisions of Third Corps, Army of Potomac, Reno's Corps. — Union 1,300 killed, wounded, and missing. — Confed. 800 killed, wounded, and missing. — Union Maj.-Gen. Kearney and Brig.-Gen. Stevens killed.

2

• Vienna, Va. — 1st Minn. — Union 1 killed, 6 wounded.

3

• Slaughterville, Ky. — Foster's (Ohio) Cav. — Confed. 3 killed, 2 wounded, 25 captured.

6

• Washington, N. C. — 24th Mass., 1st N. C., 3d N. Y. Cav. — Union 8 killed, 36 wounded. — Confed. 30 killed, 100 wounded.

7

• Poolesville, Md. — 3d Ind. and 8th Ill. Cav. — Union 2 killed, 6 wounded. — Confed. 3 killed, 6 wounded.
• Clarksville or Rickett's Hill, Tenn. — 11th Ill., 13th Wis., 71st Ohio, 5th Iowa Cav., and two batteries. — No casualties recorded.

9

• Columbia, Tenn. — 42d Ill. — Confed. 18 killed, 45 wounded.
• Des Allemands, La. — 21st Ind., 4th Wis. — Confed. 12 killed.

10

• Cold Water, Miss. — 6th Ill. Cav. — Confed. 4 killed, 80 wounded.
• Fayetteville, W. Va. — 34th and 37th Ohio, 4th W. Va. — Union 131 killed, 80 wounded.

12 to 15

• Harper's Ferry, Va. — 39th, 111th, 115th, 125th and 126th N. Y. Militia, 32d, 60th, and 87th Ohio, 9th Vt., 65th Ill., 1?th Ind., 1st and 3d Md. Home Brigade, 8th N. Y. Cav., 12th Ill. Cav., 1st Md. Cav., four Batteries of Artil. — Union 80 killed, 120 wounded, 11,583 missing and captured. — Confed. 500 killed and wounded.

14

• Turner's and Crampton's Gap, South Mountain, Md. — First Corps, Maj.-Gen. Hooker; Sixth Corps, Maj.-Gen. Franklin; Ninth Corps, Maj.-Gen. Reno. — Union 443 killed, 1,806 wounded. — Confed. 500 killed, 2,343 wounded, 1,500 captured. — Union Maj.-Gen. Reno killed. — Confed. Brig.-Gen. Garland killed.

14 to 16

• Mumfordsville, Ky. — 18th U. S. Inft., 28th and 33d Ky., 17th, 50th, 60th, 67th, 68th, 74th, 78th, and 89th Ind., Conkle's Battery, 13th Ind. Artil. and Louisville Provost Guard. — Union 50 killed, 3,566 captured and missing. — Confed. 714 killed and wounded.

17

• Durhamville, Tenn. — Detachment of 52d Ind. — Union 1 killed, 10 wounded. — Confed. 8 killed.
• Antietam or Sharpsburg, Md. — First Corps, Maj.-Gen. Hooker; Second Corps, Maj.-Gen. Sumner; Fifth Corps, Maj.-Gen. Fitz-John Porter; Sixth Corps, Maj.-Gen. Franklin; Ninth Corps, Maj.-Gen. Burnside; Twelfth Corps, Maj.-Gen. Williams; Couch's Div., Fourth Corps; Pleasanton's Div. of Cav. — Union 2,010 killed, 9,416 wounded, 1,043 missing. — Confed. 3,500 killed, 16,399 wounded, 6,000 missing. — Union Brig.-Gen. Mansfield killed, Maj.-Gens. Hooker and Richardson, and Brig.-Gens. Rodman, Weber, Sedgwick, Hartsuff, Dana, and Meagher wounded. — Confed. Brig.-Gens. Branch, Anderson, and Starke killed, Maj.-Gen. Anderson, Brig.-Gens. Toombs, Lawton, Kipley, Rodes, Gregg, Armstead, and Ransom wounded.

19 and 20

• Iuka, Miss. — Stanley's and Hamilton's Divisions, Army of the Mississippi, under Maj.-Gen. Rosecrans. — Union 144 killed, 598 wounded. — Confed. 263 killed, 692 wounded, 561 captured. — Confed. Brig.-Gen. Little killed and Whitfield wounded.

20

• Blackford's Ford, Sheppardstown, Va. — Fifth Corps, Griffith's and Barnes' Brigades. — Union 92 killed, 131 wounded, 103 missing. — Confed. 33 killed, 231 wounded.

30

• Newtonia, Mo. — 1st Brigade Army of Kansas, 4th Brigade Mo. Militia Cav. — Union 50 killed, 80 wounded, 115 missing. — Confed. 220 killed, 280 wounded.

October

November

December

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