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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Virginia, (search)
Affair at Philippi, Confederates retreat to Beverly......June 3, 1861 Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard proclaims to the people of Loudoun, Fairfax, and Prince William counties that the Federals are warring for beauty and booty ......June 5, 1861 Virginia troops transferred to the Confederate government by the governor......June 8, 1861 Affair at Big Bethel, near Fortress Monroe......June 10, 1861 General Patterson crosses the Potomac at Williamsport......July 2, 1861 Affair at Rich Mountain, W. Va.; the Confederates under Col. George H. Pegram defeated by the Federals under General Rosecrans......July 11, 1861 Battle at Carricksford, W. Va.; Confederates defeated, with the loss of their general, Robert S. Garnett......July 14, 1861 Battle of Bull Run......July 21, 1861 General Patterson relieves Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks in command of the Department of the Shenandoah......July 25, 1861 Maj.-Gen. George B. McClellan appointed to the Army of the Potomac......July 27,
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Michigan Volunteers. (search)
, to December, 1863. Garrison Artillery, Chattanooga, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to July, 1865. Service. At Clarksburg, W. Va., June 28, 1861. March to Buckhannon June 28-July 1. Middle Fork Bridge July 6. Camp Garnett, Rich Mountain, July 10. Battle of Camp Garnett, Rich Mountain, July 10-11. Battery remounted with six 10-lb. Parrotts by order of the General commanding. At Beverly July 12. Moved to Cheat Mountain Pass July 13, thence to Elkwater August 14 and Rich Mountain, July 10-11. Battery remounted with six 10-lb. Parrotts by order of the General commanding. At Beverly July 12. Moved to Cheat Mountain Pass July 13, thence to Elkwater August 14 and duty there till October 30. Operations on Cheat Mountain September 11-17. Point Mountain Turnpike and Cheat Mountain Pass September 13. Elkwater September 14. Greenbrier River October 3-4. Moved to Huttonsville October 30, thence to Phillippi December 6. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., December 16; thence to Bacon Creek December 31 and duty there till February, 1862. Advance on Bowling Green, Ky., February 14-15. Occupation of Bowling Green February 15. Advance on Nashvil
, Ohio, June 5, 1861. Ordered to West Virginia. Attached to Rosecrans' Brigade, Army of West Virginia, to July, 1861. 1st Brigade, Army of Occupation, West Virginia, to August. West Virginia Campaign July 6-17, 1861. Actions at Rich Mountain July 11 and August 5. Scarytown July 17. Mustered out August 23, 1861. George's Independent Company Cavalry Organized for three months at Gallipolis, Ohio, July 2, 1861. Attached to Cox's Kanawha Brigade, and duty in Kanawha Dit to November, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 14th Army Corps, to April, 1865. Garrison at Chattanooga, Tenn., to June, 1864. Service. West Virginia Campaign July 6-17, 1861. Action at Middle Fork Bridge, W. Va., July 6-7. Rich Mountain July 10-11. Pursuit to Cheat Mountain Summit July 11-16. Moved to Elkwater Creek August 4. Operations on Cheat Mountain September 11-17. Action at Elkwater September 11. Cheat Mountain Pass September 12. Scout to Marshall Oc
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Pennsylvania Volunteers. (search)
nggold Cavalry Company. Organized at Washington, Pa., June 29, 1861. Ordered to West Virginia and attached to Army of Occupation, West Virginia, July to October, 1861. Cheat Mountain District to January, 1862. Lander's Division to March, 1862. Hatch's Cavalry Command, Banks' 5th Corps, to April, 1862. Railroad District, Mountain Dept., to July, 1862. Railroad District, 8th Corps, Middle Dept., to September, 1862. Service. Campagin in West Virginia July 6-17. Rich Mountain July 11. Carrick's Ford July 13-14. Burlington September 2. Operations on Cheat Mountain September 11-17. Petersburg September 12. Romney, Hanging Rock, September 23. Romney September 23-25. Mill Creek Mills, Romney, October 26. Near Romney November 13. At Romney till January, 1862. Expedition to Blue's Gap January 6-7. Hanging Rock Pass January 7. Bloomery Furnace February 14. Advance on Winchester March 7-15. Strasburg March 18. Kernstown Ma
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Pennsylvania Volunteers. (search)
s Command, 8th Corps, to July. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac and Army of the Shenandoah, to June, 1865. Service. Guard duty on Northern Central Railroad from Pennsylvania line to Baltimore, Md., September 16, 1861, to May 24, 1862. Duty at Baltimore, Md., till June 23. At New Creek, W. Va., till August 20. Expedition under Gen. Kelly across Laurel Hill and Rich Mountain August 27-September 12. Expedition over Cheat and Allegheny Mountains October 31-November 12. March on Petersburg, W. Va., December 6-9. At Winchester till May, 1863. Reconnoissance toward Wardensville and Strasburg April 20. Expedition to Webster May 20. At Winchester till June 15. Reconnoissance toward Strasburg June 10. Middletown June 12. Newtown June 12. Bunker Hill June 13 (Cos. G, H ). Battles of Winchester June 13-15. Retreat to Harper's Ferry
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, West Virginia Volunteers. (search)
Wheeling and mustered in June 1, 1861. Moved to Beverly, W. Va., July 1, and joined Regiment. Company D organized at Pittsburg, Pa., and mustered in at Wheeling, W. Va., June 14, 1861. Moved to Clarksburg, W. Va. Guard supply train to Rich Mountain (Cos. C, D, E ) July 5-6, thence march to Beverly. Company E organized at Wheeling, W. Va., and mustered in June 16, 1861. Moved to Clarksburg, W. mustered in June 16, 1861. Moved to Clarksburg, W. Va. Guard supply train to Rich MountRich Mountain July 5-6, thence march to Beverly. Company F organized at Pittsburg, Pa., and mustered in at Wheeling, W. Va., June 24, 1861. Company G organized at Pittsburg, Pa., and mustered in at Wheeling, W. Va., June 13, 1861. Companies F and G left Wheeling July 5, and joined Regiment at Beverly. Company H organized at Ironton, Ohio, and mustered in at Wheeling, W. Va., June 28, 1861. Company I organized in Washington County, Pa. Moved to Wheeling, W. Va., July 9-10, and mustered in Ju
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, United States--Regular Army. (search)
rmy of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. Artillery, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps, to April, 1864. Garrison Artillery, Nashville, Tenn., Dept. Cumberland, to October, 1864. 1st Division, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Cumberland, to November, 1864. Artillery, 6th Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to February, 1865. Artillery, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to---- Service. Campaign in West Virginia July 6-17, 1861. Rich Mountain July 11-12. Carnifex Ferry September 13. Operations in Kanawha Valley and New River Region October 19-November 16. New River November 5-11-12. Ordered to Kentucky December, 1861. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., February 10-March 2, 1862. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 20-April 8. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Buell's operations on the Memphis & Charleston Railroad in North Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August, 1862. March to Louisv
an additional force at Beverly, while another, detachment, under Col. Pegram, had established himself in the pass at Rich Mountain. Here he had intended to fortify himself and to await a favorable opportunity for breaking the railroad. He found asecrans, who by superhuman exertions penetrated the pathless forest cutting and climbing his way to the very crest of Rich Mountain. This movement, difficult as it was, to the South of the rebels, was a complete surprise to the enemy, who was expge train, one gun, two stands of colors and fifty prisoners. Estimated according to mere numbers, these battles of Rich Mountain and Carrick's Ford appear somewhat insignificant in contrast with the great battles of the rebellion, which occurred owed these encounters, and decided the mighty problem of Northern success, but this early skirmish with the rebels on Rich Mountain, and this rout of Garnett's rear-guard at Carrick's Ford, were speedily followed by great political and military res
affair with the enemy. Johnston amusing the enemy. affair of Rich Mountain. McClellan's march into Northwestern Virginia. Rosecrans' capture of the Confederate force on Rich Mountain. retreat of the, Confederates from Laurel Hill. death of Gen. Garnett. extent of the disastrginia and the rich counties of the Southwest. The affair of Rich Mountain. An army under Gen. George B. McClellan was to be used for ttern Virginia, and was occupying a strong position at Rich Mountain, in Randolph County. But the unskilful distribution of the Confederatehe disposition of these forces was in the immediate vicinity of Rich Mountain. Col. Pegram occupied the mountain with a force of about sixtees soon as Gen. Garnett heard of the result of the engagement at Rich Mountain, he determined to evacuate Laurel Hill, and retire to Huttonsvi this plan was disconcerted by a failure to block the road from Rich Mountain to Beverley; and Gen. Garnett was compelled to retreat by a mou
n. Cox, had been largely increased, and which were steadily advancing up the Valley, both by land and water. But the conflict was not to occur. A more formidable danger, from a different direction, menaced the Confederates. The disaster at Rich Mountain — the surrender of Pegram's force, and the retreat northward of Garnett's army, had withdrawn all support from the right flank, and, indeed, from the rear of Gen. Wise. He was in danger of being cut off in the rear by several roads from the ion of Virginia, and to observe the movements of the Confederate army there under the command of a man whose star was to be singularly obscured before it mounted the zenith of fame-Gen. Robert E. Lee. After the retreat of Gen. Garnett from Rich Mountain, and the death of that officer, Gen. Lee was appointed to succeed him, and, with as little delay as possible, repaired to the scene of operations. He took with him reinforcements, making his whole force, in conjunction with the remnant of Ge