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PERIODICALS: A HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR: SECTION TWO Back to Previous Location

CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY AND RECORD-Continued

SEPTEMBER,1861-Continued from Section I

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. lst 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, 1861

3-Greenbrier, W. Va. 24th, 25th and 32d Ohio, 7th, 9th, 13th 14th, 15th and l7th Ind., Battery G, 4th U. S. Artil., Battery A, lst 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 lst 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.

UptonHill, Ky. 39th lnd. Confed. 5 killed, 3 wounded.

Bayles' Cross Roads, La. 79thm 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. l3th Ill. Inft., 6th Mo. Cav. Confed. 63 killed, 40 wounded.

16-Bolivar Heights, Va. Parts of 28th Pa., 3d Wis., l3th Mass. Union 4 killed, 7 wounded.

Warsaw, Mo. Confed. 3 killed.

17 to 21-Fredericktown and Ironton, Mo. l7th, 20th, 21st, 33d and 38th Ill. 8th Wis., lst Ind. Cav., Co. A lst Mo. Light Artil. Union 6 killed, 60 wounded. Confed. 200 wounded.

19-Big Hurricane Creek, Mo. l8th 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. L 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, lst and Loughlin's Ohio Cav., lst 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. lst Co. of 7th Mo. Cav. Union 5 wounded.

29-Woodbury and Morgantown, Ky. l7th Ky., 3d Ky. Cav. Union 1 wounded.

NOVEMBER, 1861

I-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 lst Ill. Artil., 2d Co. l5th 111. 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. llth Ohio, 2d Ky. Cav. Union 2 killed, 16 wounded.

11-Little Blue, Mo. 110 men of the 7th Kan. Cav. Union 7 killed, 0

wounded.

12-Occoquan Creek, Va. Detach. lst N. Y. Cav. Union 3 killed, I

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. lst 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 lst U. S. Artil., and C, H and X 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, I wounded.

Drainesville, Va. lst Pa. Cav. Confed. 2 killed.

29-Black Walnut Creek, near Sedalia, Mo. lst Mo. Cav. Union 13 wounded. Confed. 17 killed.

DECEMBER, 1861

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. I killed.

4-Anandale, Va. 30 men of 31 X. J. Union 1 killed. Confed. 7 killed.

Dunksburg, Mo. Citizens repulse raiders. Confed. 7 killed, 10 wounded.

11-Bertrand, Mo. 2d 111. Cav. Union I 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. -'G 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., lst Ia. Cav., Detach. U. S. Cav., 2 Batteries of lst Mo. Lt. Artil. Union 2 killed, 8 wounded. Confed. 1,300 captured.

20-Drainesville, Va. lst, 6th, 9th, 10th and 12th Pa. Reserve Corps, lst Pa. Artil., lst 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 I 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.

JANUARY, 1862

I-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 lst Ind. Cav. Union 1 wounded. Confed. I killed, 7 wounded.

Bath, Va., also including skirmishes at Great Cacapon Bridge, Alpine Station and Hancock. 39th 111. 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., lst W. Va. Cav. Confed. 15 killed.

Jennies' Creek, Ky., also called Paintsville. Four Cos. lst 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 lst and 2d Mo., 4th Ohio, lst 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., lst 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 I killed.

29-Occoquan Bridge, Va. Detachments of 37th N. Y. and lst N. J. Cav. Union I killed, 4 wounded. Confed. 10 killed.

FEBRUARY, 1862

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.

S-Linn Creek, Va. Detachment of 5th W. Va. Union 1 killed, I 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 Low siana. 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.

I0-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., lst 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., llth, 25th, 31st, and 44th Ind., 2d, 7th, 12th and 14th Iowa, lst Neb., 58th and 76th Ohio, 8th and 13th Mo.,8th Wis., ith, 9th, llth, 12th, 17th, 18th, 20th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 41st, 45th, 46th, 48th, 49th, 57th and 58th Ill., Batteries B and D lst 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.

(Continued in Section 3)

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