Chronology of Civil War Battles: 1861

 
 

Source: Phisterer, Frederick. Statistical Record of the Armies of the United States. New York: Scribner’s, 1883.

1861


Fort Sumter, South Carolina.
1. April 12th and 13th—Battery E, 1st U. S. Artillery. In saluting the flag before the evacuation on April 15th, Private Daniel Hough was killed and three men wounded by the premature explosion of a gun. Harper's Ferry, Virginia.
2. April 18th—Detachment of ordnance men.

Streets of Baltimore, Maryland
3. April 19th—6th Massachusetts State Militia and 26th Pennsylvania Volunteers.

Camp Jackson, Missouri.
4. May 10th—1st, 3d, and 4th. Missouri Reserve Corps and 3d Missouri Volunteers.

St. Louis, Missouri, corner Fifth and Walnut Streets.
5. May 10th—5th Missouri U. S. Reserve Corps.

Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia.
6. June 1st—Company B, 2nd U. S. Cavalry. Phillippi, West Virginia.
7. June 3d—1st West Virginia, 16th Ohio, 7th and 9th Indiana, and 14th Ohio Volunteers.

Great Bethel, Virginia.
8. June 10th— 1st, 2d, 3d, 5th, and 7th New York, 4th Massachusetts Volunteers, and a detachment of 2d U. S. Artillery. Romney, West Virginia.
9. June 11th—11th Indiana Volunteers.

Vienna, Virginia.
10. June 17th—1st Ohio Volunteers.

Booneville, Missouri.
11. June 17th—2d Missouri (three months), Batteries H and L, 1st Missouri Light Artillery, Volunteers.

Edward's Ferry, Virginia.
12. June 17th—1st Pennsylvania Volunteers (300 men).

Independence, Missouri.
13. June 17th—Detachment of Missouri Volunteers.

New Creek, West Virginia.
14. June 17th—Local Militia.

Camp Cole, Missouri.
15. June 18th—Union Home Guards (800 men).

Patterson Creek, Virginia (also called Kelly's Island).
16. June 26th—11th Indiana Volunteers.

Mathias Point, Virginia.
17. June 27th—Craws of U. S. Gunboats Pawnee and Freeborn.

Falling Waters (also called Haynesville and Martinsburg), Maryland
18. July 2d—1st Wisconsin and 11th Pennsylvania Volunteers, advance of Brigadier-General George H. Thomas's command.

Carthage (also called Dry Forks), Missouri.
19. July 5th—3d and 5th Missouri (three months), and Battery of Missouri Artillery Volunteers.

Newport News, Virginia.
20. July 5th—9th New York (one Company).

Middle Creek Fork, West Virginia.
21. July 6th—3d Ohio Volunteers (one Company).

Great Falls, Virginia.
22. July 7th—8th New York Volunteers.

Laurel Hill (also named Bealington), West Virginia.
23. July 8th—14th Ohio and 9th Indiana Volunteers.

Monroe Station, Missouri.
24. July I0th—16th Illinois and 3d Iowa Volunteers and Hannibal Home Guards.

Rich Mountain, West Virginia.
25. July 11th—8th, 10th, and 18th Indiana and 19th Ohio Volunteers.

Barboursville (also designated Bed House), West Virginia.
26. July 12th—2d Kentucky Volunteers.

Beverly, West Virginia.
27. July 12th—4th and 9th Ohio Volunteers.

Carrick's Ford, West Virginia.
28. July 14th—14th Ohio, 9th and 7th Indiana Volunteers.

Millsville or Wentzville (North Missouri RR), Missouri.
29. July 16ih—8th Missouri Volunteers.

Fulton, Missouri.
30. July 17th—3d Missouri Reserves (four hundred men).

Scarytown, West Virginia.
31. July 17th—2d Kentucky, 12th and 21st Ohio Volunteers, and 1st Ohio Battery.

Martinsburg, Missouri.
32. July 17th—1st Missouri Reserves (one Company).

Bunker Hill, Virginia.
33. July 17th—Detachment of General Patterson's command.

Harrisonville and Parkersville, Missouri.
34. July 18th and 19th—Van Horn's Battalion (Missouri) Cass County Horns Guards.

Blackburn's Ford, Virginia.
35. July 18th—1st Massachusetts, 2d and 3d Michigan, 12th New York Volunteers, detachment of 2d U. S. Cavalry, and Battery E, 3d U. S. Artillery.

Bull Run (also Manassas), Virginia.
36. July 21st—Infantry, Volunteers, or Militia: 2d Maine, 2d New Hampshire, 2d Vermont, 1st, 4th, and 5th Massachusetts, 1st and 2d Rhode Island, 1st, 2d, and 3d Connecticut, 8th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 16th, 18th, 27th, 29th, 31st, 32d, 35th, 38th, and 39th New York Volunteers, 2d, 8th, 14th, 63th, 71st, and 79th New York Militia, 27th Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1st, 2d, and 3d Michigan, 1st and 2d Minnesota, 1st and 2d Ohio; detachment of 2d, 3d, and 8th Regular Infantry, and a battalion of Marines; Artillery: Batteries D, E, G, and M, 2d, B, 3d Artillery, D, 5th Artillery, and the 2d Rhode Island Battery; Cavalry: detachments from the 1st and 2d Dragoons.

Forsyth, Ma
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37. July 22d—1st Iowa and 2d Kansas Volunteers, Stanley Dragoons and Totten's Battery.

AEtna, Missouri.
38. July 22d—21st Missouri Volunteers.

Blue Mills, Missouri.
39. July 24th—5th Missouri Reserves.

Lane's Prairie, near Rolla, Missouri.
40. July 26th—Missouri Home Guards.

Harrisonville, Missouri.
41. July 26th—Missouri Home Guards and 5th Kansas Cavalry.

Fort Fillmore, New Mexico.
42. July 27th—7th U. S. Infantry and U. S. Mounted Rifles.

Dug Springs, Missouri.
43. August 2d—1st Iowa and 3d Missouri Volunteers, and five batteries Missouri Light Artillery.

Mesilla, New Mexico.
44. August 3d—7th U. S. Infantry and U. S. Mounted Rifles.

Athens, Missouri.
45. August 5th—Home Guards and 21st Missouri Volunteers.

Point of Rocks, Maryland
46. August 5th—28th New York Volunteers.

Hampton, Virginia.
47. August 7th—20th New York Volunteers.

Lovettsville, Virginia.
48. August 8th—19th New York Volunteers.

Wilson's Creek, Missouri (also known as Springfield and Oak Hills).
49. August 10th—Cavalry : 6th and 10th Missouri, 2d Kansas Mounted Volunteers, and one Company Ist U. S. Infantry, 1st Iowa, 1st Kansas, 1st, 2d, 3d, and 5th Missouri, detachments of the 1st and 2d Regulars, Missouri Home Guards; Artillery: 1st Missouri Light and Battery F, 2d U.S., commanded by Brigadier-General Nathaniel Lyons.

Potosi, Missouri.
50. August 10th—Missouri Home Guards.

Grafton, West Virginia.
51. August 13th—One Company 4th West Virginia Volunteers.

Brunswick, Missouri.
52. August 17th—5th Missouri Reserves.

Charlestown (or Bird's Point), Missouri.
53. August 19th—22d Illinois Volunteers.

Hawk's Nest, West Virginia.
54. August 20th—11th Ohio Volunteers.

Lookout Station, Missouri.
55. August 20th—Organization not reported; Union loss, 1 killed and 6 wounded.

Jonesboro, Missouri.
56. August 21st—Missouri Home Guards.

Cross Lanes (or Summerville). West Virginia.
57. August 26th—7th Ohio Volunteers.

Ball's Cross Roads, Virginia.
58. August 27th—Two companies of the 23d New York Volunteers.

Wayne Court House, West Virginia.
59. August 27th—5th West Virginia Volunteers.

Fort Hatteras (Cape Hatteras Inlet), North Carolina.
60. August 28th and 29th—9th, 20th, and 99th New York Volunteers, and a naval force commanded by Commodore Stringham.

Lexington, Missouri.
61. August 29th—Missouri Home Guards.

Munson's Hill, Virginia.
62. August 31st—Two companies 23d New York Volunteers.

Bennett's Mills, Missouri.
63. September 1st—Missouri Home Guards.

Boone Court House, West Virginia.
64. September 1st—1st Kentucky Volunteers.

Dallas, Missouri.
65. September 2d—11th Missouri Volunteers.

Worthington, Marion Co, West Virginia.
66. September 2d—Organization not reported, see Rebellion Record, Volume III., page 13. Dry Wood (also known as Fort Scott),

Dallas, Missouri.
67. September 2d—5th and 6th Kansas Volunteers, one company 9th Cavalry, and 1st Kansas Battery.

Beher's Mills, Virginia.
68. September 2d—13th Massachusetts Volunteers.

Shelbina, Missouri.
69. September 4th—3d Iowa Volunteers.

Petersburg, West Virginia.
70. September 7th—Three companies of the 4th Ohio Volunteers.

Carnifex Ferry, West Virginia.
71. September 10th—9th, 10th, 12th, 13th, 28th, and 47th Ohio Volunteers.

Lewinsville, Virginia.
72. September 11th—19th Indiana, 3d Vermont, and 65th New York Volunteers, and 79th New York Militia.

Elk Water, West Virginia.
73. September 11th—3d Ohio, 15th and 17th Indiana Volunteers.

Black River, near Ironton, Missouri.
74. September 12th—Three companies of 1st Indiana Cavalry.

Cheat Mountain, West Virginia.
75. September 12th and 13th—13th, 14th, 15th, and 17th Indiana, 3d, 0th, 24th, and 25th Ohio, and 2d West Virginia Volunteers.

Lexington, Missouri.
76. September 12th to 20th—8th, 25th, and 27th Missouri Volunteers, 13th and 14th Missouri Home Guards, Berry's and Van Horn's Missouri Cavalry, 1st Cavalry and 23d Infantry Illinois Volunteers, Colonel James A. Mulligan, 23d Illinois Volunteers, Commanding.

Booneville, Missouri.
77. September 13th—Missouri Home Guards.

Near Pensacola, Florida.
78. September 14th—Rebel privateer Judah destroyed by the crew of U. S. Flagship Colorado.

Pritchard's Mills (also known as Damestown, Virginia.
79. September 15th—28th Pennsylvania and 13th Massachusetts Volunteers.

Morristown, Missouri.
80. September 17th—5th, 6th, and 9th Kansas Cavalry, and 1st Kansas Battery.

Blue Mills, Missouri.
81. September 17th—3d Iowa Volunteers.

Barboursville, West Virginia.
82. September 18th—Kentucky Home Guards.

Papinsville (also Osceola), Missouri.
83. September 21st and 22d—5th, 6th, and 9th Kansas Cavalry.

Elliott's Mills (called also Camp Crittenden), Missouri.
84. September 22d—7th Iowa Volunteers.

Romney (called also Hanging Rock), West Virginia.
85. September 23d—4th and 8th Ohio Volunteers.

Chapmansville, West Virginia.
86. September 25th—1st Kentucky, and 34th Ohio Volunteers,

Lucas Bend, Kentucky.
87. September 26th—Captain Stewart's Cavalry.

Shanghai, Missouri.
88. September 27th—Organizations not known; see Tribune Almanac of 1862, page 45.

Munson's Bull Camp Advance), Virginia.
89. September 29th—69th Pennsylvania fire into 71st Pennsylvania Volunteers through mistake.

Greenbrier, West Virginia.
90. October 3d—Battery G, 4th United States Artillery, Battery "A," 1st Michigan Artillery, 24th, 25th, and 32d Ohio, and 7th, 9th, 13th, 14th, 15th, and 17th Indiana Volunteers.

Alimosa (near Fort Craig), N. M.
91. October 4th—Mink's New Mexico Cavalry, and U. S. Regulars

Buffalo Hilt Kentucky.
92. October 4th—Organization not recorded; Union loss, twenty killed ; Confederate loss, fifty killed.

Chicamicomico, North Carolina.
93. October 5th—20th Indiana Volunteers.

Hillsboro, Kentucky.
94. October 8th —Flemingsburg Home Guards. 

Santa Rosa, Florida.
95. October 9th—6th New York Volunteers, detachments of Companies "A," 1st, and "H," 2d U. S. Artillery, and Companies C and E, 3d U. S. Infantry.

Cameron, Ray Co., Missouri.
96. October 12th—Major James' Cavalry.

Upton Hill, Kentucky.
97. October 12th—39th Indiana Volunteers.

Bayles' Cross Roads, Louisiana.
98. October 12th—79th New York Volunteers.

Beckwith's Farm (twelve miles from Bird's Point), Missouri.
99. October 13th—Lieutenant Tuffs detachment of Cavalry.

West Glaze (also known as Shanghai, Henrytown, and Monday's Hollow), Missouri.
100. October 13th—10th and 6th Missouri Cavalry, and Fremont Battalion Cavalry.

Big River Bridge, near Potosi, Missouri.
101. October 15th—Forty men of the 38th Illinois Volunteers.

Linn Creek, Missouri.
102. October 15th—6th Missouri Cavalry and 13th Illinois Volunteers.

Bolivar Heights, Virginia.
103. October 16th—Detachments from 28th Pennsylvania, 3d Wisconsin, and 13th Massachusetts Volunteers.

Warsaw, Missouri.
104. October 16th—Organizations not recorded; see Rebellion Record, Vol. III., page 51.

Fredericktown, Missouri (including skirmish at Ironton).
105. October 17th to 21st—Company A, lst Missouri Light Artillery, 11th Missouri, and 17th, 20th, 21st, 33d, and 38th Illinois, 1st Indiana, and 8th Wisconsin Volunteers.

Big Hurricane Creek, Missouri.
106. October 19th—18th Missouri Volunteers.

Ball's Bluff (also Edward's Ferry, Harrison's Island, and Leesburg), Virginia.
107. October 21st—15th and 20th Massachusetts, 40th New York, and 71st Pennsylvania Volunteers, and Battery B Rhode Island Artillery.

Wild Cat, Kentucky.
108. October 21st—33d Indiana, 14th and 17th Ohio Volunteers, 1st Kentucky Cavalry, and 1st Ohio Battery.

Buffalo Mills, Missouri.
109. October 22d—Organizations not recorded; see Tribune Almanac of 1862.

West Liberty, Kentucky.
110. October 23d—2d Ohio Volunteers, 1st and Loughlin's Ohio Cavalry, and 1st Ohio Artillery.

Hodgeville, Kentucky
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111. October 23d— Detachment of 6th Indiana Volunteers.

Springfield, Missouri (also known as Zagony's Charge).
112. October 25th—Fremont's Body Guard, White's Prairie Scouts.

Romney, West Virginia (also Mill Creek Mills).
113. October 26th—4th and 8th Ohio and 7th West Virginia Volunteers, 2d Regiment Potomac Home Brigade, Maryland Volunteers, and Ringgold (Pa.) Cavalry Battalion.

Saratoga, Kentucky.
114. October 26th—9th Illinois Volunteers.

Plattsburg, Clinton Co., Missouri.
115. October 27th—Organization not recorded; Confederate loss, 8 killed, 12 captured.

Spring Hill, Missouri.
116. October 27th—J Company of 7th Missouri Cavalry.

Woodbury and Morgantown, Kentucky.
117. October 29th—17th Kentucky Infantry and 3d Kentucky Cavalry Volunteers.

Renick, Randolph Co., Missouri.
118. November 1st—Organization not recorded; see Rebellion Record, Vol. III., page 268.

Little Santa Fe, Missouri.
119. November 6th—4th Missouri and 5th Kansas Cavalry, and Kowald's Missouri Battery.

Belmont, Missouri.
120. November 7th—22d, 27th, 30th, and 31st Illinois, and 7th Iowa Volunteers, Battery B, 1st Illinois Artillery, and two companies of the 15th Illinois Cavalry, Brigadier-General U. S. Grant commanding.

Galveston Harbor, Texas.
121. November 7th—Burning of the Royal Yacht by the crew of the U. S. Frigate San tee.

Port Royal, South Carolina.
122. November 7th—U. S. Navy, Commodore S. F. Dupont, U. S. N. , commanding.

Piketown, Pike Co. (also called Try Mountain).
No. 123. November 9th—2d, 21st, 33d, and 59th Ohio and 16th Kentucky Volunteers, commanded by Col. J. W. Sill, 33d Ohio.

Taylor's Ford, Wautauga River, Tennessee.
124. November 10th—Loyal citizens; from Confederate newspapers.

Guyandotte, West Virginia.
125. November l0th—Recruits of the 9th West Virginia Volunteers.

Gauley Bridge, West Virginia.
126. November 10th—11th Ohio Volunteers and 2d Kentucky Cavalry.

Little Blue, Missouri.
127. November 11th—One hundred and ten men of the 7th Kansas Cavalry.

Occoquan Creek, Virginia.
128. November 12th—Reconnoitring party of the Jr New York Cavalry.

Cypress Bridge, Kentucky.
129. November 17th—Organization not recorded; Union loss, 10 killed and 15 wounded.

Palmyra, Missouri.
130. November 18th—Detachment of 3d Missouri Cavalry.

Wirt Court House, West Virginia
131. November 19th—Detachment of 1st West Virginia Cavalry.

Pensacola, Fort Pickens, Florida
132. November 23d—Batteries A, F, L, 1st U. S. Artillery, C, H, and K, 2d U. S. Artillery; Companies C and E, 3d U. S. Infantry, and Companies G and I, 6th New York Volunteers.

Lancaster, Missouri.
133. November 24th—21st Missouri Volunteers.

Johnstown, Missouri.
134. November 24th—Missouri Home Guard. Independence,

Little Blue, Missouri.
135. November 26th—7th Kansas Cavalry.

Drainesville, Virginia.
136. November 26th—1st Pennsylvania Cavalry.

Hunter's Mills, Virginia.
137. November 26th—3d Pennsylvania Cavalry.

Black Walnut Creek, near Sedalia, Missouri.
138. November 29th—1st Missouri Cavalry.

Morristown, Tennessee.
139. December 1st—Organization not recorded.

Salem, Dent Co., Missouri.
140. December 3.1—Detachment of 10th Missouri Cavalry.

Vienna, Virginia.
141. December 3d—Detachment of 3d Pennsylvania Cavalry.

Anandale, Virginia.
142. December 4th—Thirty men of 3d New Jersey Volunteers.

Dunksburg, near Sedalia, Missouri.
143. December 4th—Citizens; see New York Herald, December 7, 1661.

Bushy Creek, Arkansas.
144. December 9th—Union Indians under Opothleyholo.

Dam No. 4, Potomac, Virginia.
145. December 11th—12th Indiana Volunteers.

Bertrand, Missouri.
146. December 11th—2d Illinois Cavalry.

Bagdad, Shelby Co., Kentucky.
147. December 12th—6th Kentucky Volunteers.

Camp Alleghany (also Buffalo Mountain), West Virginia.
148. December 13th— 9th and 13th Indiana, 25th and 32d Ohio, and N W. Virginia Volunteers, commanded by Brigadier-General R. H. Milroy.

Rowlett's Station (also known as Mumfordsville and Woodsonville), Kentucky.
149. December 17th—32d Indiana Volunteers.

Milford (also Shawnee or Blackwater Mound), Missouri.
150. December 18th—27th Ohio, and 8th, 18th, 22d, and 24th Indiana Volunteers, 31st Kansas and 1st Iowa Cavalry, a detachment of U. S. Cavalry, and two batteries of 1st Missouri Light Artillery.

Drainesville, Virginia.
151. December 20th—1st, 6th, 9th, 10th, and 12th Regiments Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, 1st Pennsylvania Artillery, and 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry.

Hudson, Missouri.
152. December 21st—Detachment of 7th Missouri Cavalry.

New Market Bridge, near Newport News, Virginia.
153. December 22d—20th New York Volunteers. Wadesburg, Missouri 154. December 24th—Missouri Home Guards.

Sacramento, Kentucky.
155. December 28th—3d Kentucky Cavalry.

Mount Zion, Missouri.
156. December 28th—Birge's Sharpshooters and 3d Missouri Cavalry.