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1863.
Jan. 2 Skirmish, Moorefield OHIO--116th Infantry.
Jan. 2-5 Expedition to Moorefield and Petersburg Confederate Reports.
Jan. 3 Skirmish, Petersburg WEST VIRGINIA--3d Cavalry (Detachment).
Jan. 5 Action near Moorefield WEST VIRGINIA--1st Cavalry. Union loss, 65 killed,
wounded and missing.
Jan. 22 Skirmish, Cockletown, Pocohontas County.. WEST VIRGINIA--1st Cavalry (Detachment);
2d Infantry (Detachment).
Feb. 5-8 Scout into Wyoming County WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry (Detachment).
Feb. 10-12 Expedition from Beverly into Pocahontas County WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry;
2d Infantry (Detachments).
Feb. 12 Skirmishes near Smithfield and Charlestown PENNSYLVANIA--12th Cavalry.
Union loss, 1 killed, 2 wounded, 4 missing. Total, 7.
Feb. 16 Skirmish near Romney OHIO--116th and 122d Infantry (Detachments)
guarding wagons.
1863.
Feb. 16 Skirmish near Romney PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry. Union loss, 76
killed, wounded and missing.
Feb. 20 Skirmish, Truce Fork, Mud River WEST VIRGINIA--3d Cavalry.
March 12-16 Scout from Camp Piatt through Boone, Wyoming and Logan Counties WEST
VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry.
March 15 Scout from Harper's Ferry to Leesburg, Va. PENNSYLVANIA--14th Cavalry.
March 28 Skirmish, Hurricane Bridge WEST VIRGINIA--13th Infantry (4 Cos.). Union loss,
4 killed, 3 wounded. Total, 7.
March 30 Skirmish, Point Pleasant WEST VIRGINIA--13th Infantry (1 Co.). Union loss,
1 killed, 3 wounded, 13 missing. Total, 17.
April 3-6 Expedition from Camp Piatt, through Logan and Cabell Counties WEST
VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry.
April 5 Skirmish, Mud River WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry.
April 6-7 Skirmishes near Burlington PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry (Detachment).
Union loss, 12 missing.
April 6-7 Skirmishes, Purgetsville and Going's Ford. PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry;
54th Infantry. Union loss, 3 killed.
April 6 Skirmish near Moorefield PENNSYLVANIA--Lafayette County Cavalry Company.
WEST VIRGINIA--Battery "E" 1st Light Arty.
April 7 Skirmish, Green Spring Run PENNSYLVANIA--Washington County Cavalry Company.
April 11-18 Scout from Beverly to Franklin WEST VIRGINIA--2d Infantry.
April 18 Affair, Johnstown WEST VIRGINIA--6th Infantry (Detachment).
April 22 Skirmish, Point Pleasant (No Reports.)
April 24 Skirmish, Beverly OHIO--Smith's Cavalry Company. WEST VIRGINIA-1st
Cavalry (Co. "A"); Battery "G" Light Arty.; 2d and 8th Infantry. Union loss, 2 killed, 10 wounded.
Total, 12.
April 24 Skirmish, Gilmer County WEST VIRGINIA--11th Infantry.
April 24 Skirmish, Lambert' Run WEST VIRGINIA--3d Cavalry.
April 25 Skirmish, Greenland Gap ILLINOIS--23d Infantry (Co. "G"). WEST
VIRGINIA-14th Infantry (Co. "A"). Union loss, 2 killed, 4 wounded, 60 missing. Total, 66.
April 26 Skirmish, Burlington PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry.
April 26 Skirmish, Rowlesburg WEST VIRGINIA--6th Infantry.
April 26 Skirmish, Portland WEST VIRGINIA--6th Infantry.
April 26 Skirmish, Phillippi ILLINOIS--23d Infantry.
April 27 Affair, Independence (No Details.)
April 27 Affair, Morgantown (No Details.)
April 29 Skirmish, Bridgeport WEST VIRGINIA--6th Infantry (Detachment).
April 29 Action. Fairmont ILLINOIS---23d Infantry. NEW YORK--106th Infantry
(Detachment). PENNSYLVANIA--13th Cavalry (Detachment). WEST VIRGINIA--6th Infantry
(Detachment). Union loss, 1 killed, 6 wounded. Total, 7.
April 30 Skirmish, Bridgeport WEST VIRGINIA--1st Cavalry; 6th Infantry.
April 30 Skirmish near Simpson's Creek WEST VIRGINIA--3d Cavalry.
May 2 Skirmish, Lewisburg WEST VIRGINIA--1st (Co. "A"), and 2d Cavalry.
May 4-9 Scout in Hampshire County NEW YORK--1st Cavalry (Detachment).
PENNSYLVANIA--13th Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA--Battery "D" Light Arty.
May 5 Skirmish, Janelew WEST VIRGINIA--3d Cavalry (Co. "E"); 3d Infantry.
May 6 Skirmish, West Union WEST VIRGINIA--2d and 11th (1 Co.) Infantry. Union loss, 14.
May 7 Affair at Cairo Station (No Details.)
May 7 Affair, Harrisville, Ritchie County (No Details.)
May 9 Action, Blake's Farm OHIO--12th Infantry.
May 9 Affair, Oil Town (No Details.)
May 12 Skirmish, Summerville WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry.
May 15-22 Scout from Parkersburg into Calhoun County (No Reports.)
May 16 Skirmish, Ravenswood (No Reports.)
May 16 Skirmish near Charlestown MARYLAND--2d Infantry (Detachment).
May 16 Skirmish, Elizabeth Court House WEST VIRGINIA--11th Infantry.
May 18-20 Skirmishes, Fayetteville OHIO---1st Battery Light Arty. (Section); 12th
Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry. Union loss, 2 killed, 9 wounded, 8 missing. Total, 19.
May 19 Skirmish, Fayette Court House OHIO--12th Infantry.
May 20 Skirmish, Fayetteville WEST VIRGINIA--13th Infantry.
May 23 Skirmish, West Creek WEST VIRGINIA--9th Infantry.
June 3 Skirmish near Fayetteville MASSACHUSETTS--1st Cavalry (Detachment). Union loss,
1 wounded, 3 missing. Total, 4.
June 13 Skirmish, Bunker Hill OHIO--116th Infantry (Cos. "A," "I"). Union loss, 7 killed, 35
wounded, 55 missing. Total. 97.
June 14 Skirmish, Martinsburg MARYLAND---1st P. H. B. Cavalry (Battalion).
NEW YORK--106th Infantry (Detachment). OHIO---126th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--13th
Cavalry (Detachment). WEST VIRGINIA--Battery "F" Light Arty. Union loss, 4 killed, 9
wounded, 14
6 missing. Total, 159.
June 18-19 Scout on Big and Little Coal Rivers WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry.
June 26 Skirmish, Loup Creek WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry (Cos. "B," "I").
July 2-3 Action, Beverly OHIO--3d Indpt. Cavalry Company. WEST VIRGINIABattery
"G" Light Arty.; 10th Infantry.
July 2-26 Operations against Morgan OHIO--23d Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--13th
Infantry.
July 4 Skirmish, Huttonsville PENNSYLVANIA--14th Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA-Battery
"G" Light Arty.; 3d and 8th Infantry.
July 4 Skirmish, Raleigh WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry.
July 4 Skirmish, North Mt. Depot (No Reports.)
July 4 Skirmish, Fayetteville (No Reports.)
July 7 Skirmish. Harper's Ferry Confederate Reports.
July 13-25 Expedition from Fayetteville to Wytheville. OHIO---34th Infantry. WEST
VIRGINIA--1st (2 Cos.) and 2d Cavalry.
July 14 Skirmish, Beverly ILLINOIS--16th Cavalry (Detachment).
July 14 Skirmish near Harper's Ferry MAINE---1st Cavalry. MASSACHUSETTS--1st Cavalry.
MARYLAND----1st Cavalry, Purnell Legion Cavalry. NEW JERSEY--1st Cavalry. NEW YORK--
10th Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA--1st, 3d, 4th and 16th Cavalry. UNITED STATES--Battery "E"
1st Arty. Union loss, 31 killed, 58 wounded, 32 missing. Total, 121.
1863.
July 15 Action, Shepherdstown MAINE--1st Cavalry. MARYLAND--1st Cavalry. NEW
JERSEY--1st Cavalry. NEW YORK--10th Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA--1st, 3d, 4th and 16th
Cavalry. UNITED STATES--Battery "E" 1st Arty.
July 15 Skirmish, Charlestown MAINE---1st Cavalry.
July 15 Skirmish, Shepherdstown PENNSYLVANIA--16th Cavalry. Union loss, 1 wounded.
July 15 Skirmish, Halltown MAINE--1st Cavalry. Union loss, 3 wounded, 2 missing. Total, 5.
July 16 Skirmish, Shanghai ILLINOIS--16th Cavalry (Co. "C"). OHIO--3d Indpt. Cavalry Co.
WEST VIRGINIA--1st (Co. "A") and 3d (Co. "C") Cavalry.
July 16 Action, Shepherdstown MAINE--1st Cavalry. MARYLAND---1st Cavalry. NEW
JERSEY--1st Cavalry. NEW YORK--10th Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA--1st, 3d, 4th, 8th and
16th Cavalry. UNITED STATES--Battery "E" 1st Arty. Union loss, 8 killed, 72 wounded, 24 missi
ng. Total, 104.
July 17 Skirmish, North Mt. Station (No Reports.)
July 18-19 Skirmishes near Hedgesville and Martinsburg ILLINOIS--16th Cavalry (Co.
"C"). OHIO--3d Indpt. Cavalry Company. PENNSYLVANIA--14th Cavalry, Washington
County Cavalry Company. WEST VIRGINIA--1st (Co. "A") and 3d (Co. "C") Cavalry; Battery "
G" Light Arty.; 3d and 8th Infantry. Union loss, 1 killed, 4 wounded. Total, 5.
July 28 Skirmish, Fayetteville WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry.
July 31 Skirmish, Morris Mills OHIO--23d Infantry.
Aug. 4 Skirmish, Burlington PENNSYLVANIA--Washington County Cavalry Company.
Aug. 5 Skirmish, Cold Spring Gap WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry (Detachment).
Aug. 5-31 Raid (Averill's) through Hardy, Pendleton, Highland, Greenbrier, Bath and
Pocahontas Counties ILLINOIS--16th Cavalry (Co. "C"). OHIO--3d Indpt. Cavalry Company.
PENNSYLVANIA--14th Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA--1st (Co. "A") and 3d (Co. "C") Cava
lry; Batteries "B" and "G" Light Arty.; 2d, 3d and 8th Infantry. Union loss, 3 killed, 10 wounded,
60 missing. Total, 73.
Aug. 6 Skirmish, Moorefield PENNSYLVANIA--14th Cavalry (1 Co.). Union loss, 4 wounded.
Aug. 6 Skirmish, Cacapon Mountain PENNSYLVANIA--14th Cavalry (Detachment).
Aug. 19 Affair near Franklin PENNSYLVANIA--14th Cavalry (Detachment). WEST
VIRGINIA--3d Cavalry (Detachment). Destruction of Salt Works.
Aug. 21 Skirmish near Glenville WEST VIRGINIA--11th Infantry (Cos. "C," "H").
Aug. 22 Action, Huntersville WEST VIRGINIA--3d (Detachment), and 8th Infantry.
Aug. 24 Skirmish, Warm Springs WEST VIRGINIA--8th Infantry (Detachment). Union
loss, 2 wounded.
Aug. 25 Scout from Harper's Ferry into Loudoun County, Virginia MARYLAND--Cole's
Battalion P. H. B. Cavalry.
Aug. 26 Skirmish near Moorefield (No Reports.)
Aug. 26 Skirmish, Sutton WEST VIRGINIA--6th Infantry (Cos. "G," "I").
Aug. 26-27 Engagement, Rocky Gap, near White Sulphur Springs ILLINOIS--16th
Cavalry (Co. "C"). OHIO---3d Indpt. Cavalry Company. PENNSYLVANIA--14th Cavalry.
WEST VIRGINIA--1st (Co. "A"), and 3d (Detachment) Cavalry; Batteries "B" and "G" Light
Arty.; 2
d, 3d and 8th Infantry. Union loss, 26 killed, 125 wounded, 67 missing. Total, 218.
Aug. 27 Skirmish, Ball's Mills WEST VIRGINIA--6th Infantry (Detachment).
Aug. 27 Skirmish on Elk River WEST VIRGINIA--6th Infantry (Detachment).
Aug. 27 Skirmish near Glenville WEST VIRGINIA--11th Infantry (Cos. "C," "H").
Sept. 2 Skirmish, Bloomery Gap NEW YORK--1st (Lincoln) Cavalry (Detachment).
Sept. 2-23 Expeditions from Martinsburg NEW YORK--1st Cavalry (Detachments).
Sept. 4 Skirmish, Moorefield PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry Battalion.
Sept. 4 Skirmish, Petersburg Gap ILLINOIS--23d Infantry.
Sept. 5 Skirmish, Moorefield WREST VIRGINIA--1st Infantry.
Sept. 6 Skirmish, Petersburg WEST VIRGINIA--10th Infantry.
Sept. 7 Skirmish, Bath PENNSYLVANIA--20th Cavalry (Detachment).
Sept. 8 Skirmish, Sutton WEST VIRGINIA--11th Infantry.
Sept. 8 Skirmish, Beech Fork, Calhoun County WEST VIRGINIA--11th Infantry.
Sept. 11 Skirmish, Moorefield PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry Battalion, Barr's
Company. WEST VIRGINIA--1st Infantry. Union loss, 15 wounded, 135 missing. Total, 150.
Sept. 11-13 Scouts from Camp Piatt to Fayetteville... OHIO--34th Infantry (Detachment).
WEST VIRGINIA --2d Cavalry (Detachment).
Sept. 12 Skirmish. Roane County WEST VIRGINIA--11th Infantry.
Sept. 12-16 Scout from Harper's Ferry into Loudoun County MARYLAND--Cole's Battalion
P. H. B. Cavalry.
Sept. 14 Skirmish, Cheat Mt. Summit (No Reports.)
Sept. 15 Skirmish, Smithfield NEW YORK--1st Cavalry (Detachment).
Sept. 16 Skirmish, Smithfield NEW YORK--1st Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA--12th Cavalry
(Detachments).
Sept. 19 Skirmish, Smithfield NEW YORK--1st Cavalry (Detachment).
Sept. 20 Affair, Shaver Mountain (No Reports.)
Sept. 21 Affair, Moorefield (No Reports.)
Sept. 21-26 Scout from Harper's Ferry into Loudoun Valley MARYLAND--- Cole's
Battalion P. H. B. Cavalry.
Sept. 24 Skirmish, Greenbrier Bridge (No Details.)
Sept. 25 Skirmish, Seneca Trace Crossing WEST VIRGINIA--2d Mounted Infantry
(Detachment). Union loss, 30 missing.
Oct. 1 Skirmish near Harper's Ferry (No Reports.)
Oct. 5 Skirmish near Harper's Ferry (No Reports.)
Oct. 7 Skirmish, Summit Point MARYLAND--2d P. H. B. Cavalry.
Oct. 7 Skirmish, Charlestown MARYLAND--2d P. H. B. Cavalry (Co. "B"). Union loss 2
killed. 4 wounded. Total, 6.
Oct. 11 Skirmish, Salt Lick Bridge WEST VIRGINIA--4th Cavalry.
Oct. 13 Skirmish, Bulltown, Braxton County WEST VIRGINIA--6th and 11th Infantry
(Detachments). Union loss. 1 wounded.
Oct. 13 Skirmish, Burlington PENNSYLVANIA--La Fayette County Cavalry Company.
Oct. 14 Skirmish, Salt Lick Bridge ILLINOIS--16th Cavalry (Co. "C"). WEST VIRGINIA-4th
Cavalry; 4th and 11th Infantry.
Oct. 15 Skirmish, Hedgesville NEW YORK--1st Cavalry. OHIO--116th Infantry.
PENNSYLVANIA--14th Cavalry (Detachments).
1863.
Oct. 16 Skirmish, Charlestown MAINE--5th Battery Light Arty.
Oct. 18 Engagement, Charlestown MARYLAND---2d P. H. B. Cavalry (Co. "F"); 9th Infantry.
MICHIGAN--6th Cavalry (Co. "I"). VIRGINIA--Mean's Cavalry Company. Union loss, 12 killed,
13 wounded, 379 missing. Total, 404.
Oct. 21-22 Scout from Charlestown to Boone Court House KENTUCKY--Simmond's
Battery Light Arty. OHIO--34th Infantry (Detachment). WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry
(Detachment).
Oct. 26 Skirmish, Ravenswood WEST VIRGINIA--11th Infantry.
Oct. 27 Skirmish, Sandy River, near Elizabeth WEST VIRGINIA--11th Infantry.
Nov. 1-17 Raid (Averill's) from Beverly against Lewisburg and the Virginia & Tennessee R. R
ILLINOIS--16th Cavalry (Co. "C"). OHIO--3d Indpt. Cavalry Company; 28th Infantry.
PENNSYLVANIA-14th Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA--1st (Co. "A") and 3d (Cos. "E," "H," "I
") Cavalry; Batteries "B" and "G," Light Arty.; 2d, 3d, 8th and 10th Infantry.
Nov, 3-13 Expedition (Duffie's) from Charlestown to Lewisburg KENTUCKY--
Simmonds' Battery Light Arty. OHIO-12th, 34th and 91st Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry.
Nov. 4 Skirmish. Cackletown PENNSYLVANIA--14th Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA--3d Cavalry
(Cos. "E," "H," "I").
Nov. 5 Skirmish, Mill Point, Pocahontas County.. OHIO--28th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--
14th Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA--Battery "B," Light Arty.; 3d, 8th and 10th Infantry.
Nov. 6 Engagement, Droop Mountain ILLINOIS--16th Cavalry (Co. "C"). OHIO--3d Indpt.
Cavalry Company; 28th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA-14th Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA--1st (Co.
"A") and 3d (Cos. "E," "H," "I") Cavalry; Batteries "B" and "G," Light Arty.; 2d, 3d, 8t
h and 10th Infantry. Union loss. 30 killed, 88 wounded, 1 missing. Total, 119.
Nov. 6 Skirmish, Little Sewell Mountain OHIO--34th Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry.
Nov. 7 Capture of Lewisburg KENTUCKY--Simmonds' Battery Light Arty. OHIO--34th Infantry.
WEST VIRGINIA--2d Cavalry.
Nov. 7 Skirmish, Muddy Creek OHIO---34th Infantry.
Nov. 8 Skirmish, Second Creek, near Union OHIO--34th Infantry.
Nov. 10 Skirmish, Elk Mountain, near Hillsborough OHIO--28th Infantry.
Nov. 14-18 Scout from Martinsburg MARYLAND--2d Eastern Shore Infantry
(Detachment).
Nov. 15-18 Expedition from Charlestown to near New Market, VirginiaCONNECTICUT--1st
Cavalry (Detachment). MARYLAND --Cole's Battalion P. H. B. Cavalry. MICHIGAN--6th
Cavalry (Detachment). NEW YORK--1st Cavalry (Detachment). PENNSYLVANIA--21st Cavalry
(De
tachment). WEST VIRGINIA--Battery "A," Light Arty (Section). Union loss, 2 killed, 2 wounded,
5 missing. Total, 9.
Nov. 16 Skirmish near Burlington MARYLAND--2d P. H. B. Infantry. WEST
VIRGINIA-14th Infantry (2 Cos.). Union loss, 2 killed, 9 wounded. Total, 11.
Nov. 19 Action, Burlington and Petersburg Turnpike Junction WEST VIRGINIA--14th
Infantry.
Dec. 4 Skirmish, Meadow Bluff OHIO--12th Infantry.
Dec. 6 Skirmish, Cheat River WEST VIRGINIA--lOth Infantry.
Dec. 7-11 Scout in Hampshire, Hardy, Frederick and Shenandoah Counties, and Destruction of
Columbian Iron Works PENNSYLVANIA--20th Cavalry (Detachment).
Dec. 8-25 Raid (Averill's) from New Creek to Salem on Virginia & Tennessee R. R
ILLINOIS--16th Cavalry (Co. "C"). OHIO--3d Indpt. Cavalry Company.
PENNSYLVANIA--14th Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA--1st (Co. "A") and 3d (Cos. "E," "F," "H")
Cavalry; Battery "G," L
ight Arty.; 2d, 3d and 8th Infantry. Union loss, 6 killed, 5 wounded, 94 missing. Total, 105.
Dec. 8-25 Demonstration (Scammon's) from the Kanawha Valley ILLINOIS--23d
Infantry. OHIO--1st Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 12th, 34th and 91st Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA --
2d and 3d Cavalry; 5th Infantry.
Dec. 10-24 Demonstration (Wells') from Harper's Ferry INDIANA--17th Indpt. Battery Light
Arty. MASSACHUSETTS--34th Infantry. NEW YORK--1st Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA--21st
Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA-Battery "A," Light Arty.; 12th Infantry.
Dec. 11 Skirmishes, Big Sewell and Meadow Bluff. OHIO--12th and 91st Infantry.
Dec. 11 Skirmish, Marling's Bottom Bridge PENNSYLVANIA--14th Cavalry.
Dec. 12 Skirmish, Gatewoods PENNSYLVANIA--14th Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA--2d, 3d
and 8th Infantry.
Dec. 12 Skirmishes, Lewisburg and Greenbrier River OHIO--1st Indpt. Battery Light Arty.;
12th and 91st Infantry.
Dec. 13 Skirmish, Hurricane Bridge WEST VIRGINIA--11th Infantry (Detachment).
Union loss, 2 missing.
Dec. 14 Skirmish, Blue Sulphur Road, near Meadow Bluff OHIO--12th Infantry (Co. "A").
Dec. 28 Skirmish, Moorefield WEST VIRGINIA--3d Infantry.
Dec. 31-Jan. 5, '64 Operations in Hampshire and Hardy Counties ILLINOIS---Battery
"L," 1st Light Arty.; 23d Infantry. MARYLAND--2d P. H. B. Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA --
Ringgold, La Fayette and Washington Cavalry Companies. WEST VIRGINIA--1st and 14th Infantry.

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