Table of Data Points

Tag : Land

1861-07-05Carthage

Though tactically inconsequental, the perception of this battle as a sound Confederate victory (by state guard troops led by Governor Jackson) helped promote southern recruitment in Missouri.

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1861-07-02Battle of Falling Waters

Major General Robert Patterson's division crossed the Potomac River near Williamsport and marched on Martinsburg. Abercrombie's and Thomas's brigades encountered regiments of T.J. Jackson's brigade, driving them back.

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1861-06-17Boonville

Union troops led by Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon disperse Confederate troops at Boonville. This action reinforced Union control of the Missouri River and prevented attempts to place Missouri in the Confederacy.

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1861-06-10Big Bethel

3500 Union troops are repulsed by 1200 Confederate defenders, when the Federal troops attack Confederate outposts in Hampton and York County, Virginia. Arguably the first major land battle of the war.

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1861-06-03Philippi Races

Surprise attack on Confederate troops in Philippi. They are forced to retreat to Huttonsville.

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1861-06-02B.F. Kelley

Union troops under the command of Col. Thomas A. Morris, B.F. Kelley advances from Grafton to Philippi.

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1861-06-02E. Dumont

A column, with a total of 1,400 men under the command of Col. Dumont, would march directly south from Webster on the Turnpike. In this way, the Union force would execute a double envelopment of the Confederates.

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1861-05-291861-06-01Battle of Aquia Creek

Three Federal gunboats bombard a Confederate battery at the confluence of Aquia Creek and the Potomac River.

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1861-05-181861-05-19Sewell Point

Two Federal gunboats duel with batteries on Sewell Point. The Union boats were attempting to enforce the blockade of Hampton Roads.

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1861-04-12Fort Sumter

At 4:30 AM Lieutenant Henry S. Farley commanding a battery of two mortars on James Island fired the first shot of the American Civil War.

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