The American Civil War - Chronologically

August 28–29, 1861 Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries (or Battle of Forts Hatteras and Clark) Outer Banks off North Carolina, near Cape Hatteras Major General Benjamin F. Butler (Department of Virginia): Col. Rush Hawkins (9th New York Infantry Regiment; 220 men), Col. Max Weber ( 20th New York Infantry Regiment; 500 men), Cpt. William Nixon (99th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment ["Union Coast Guard"]; 100 men), Lt. Frank H. Larned (Detachment, 2nd US Artillery Regiment; 60 men) & Flag Officer Silas H. Stringham (Atlantic Blockading Squadron): USS Monticello (1859). USS Harriet Lane, USS Minnesota (1855), USS Wabash (1855), USS Susquehanna (1850), USS Cumberland (1842), USS Pawnee (1859), and the Fanny. vs. Col. William F. Martin (17th North Carolina Infantry Regiment), Col. Andrews (Fort Hatteras Garrison), and  unspecified naval volunteers, including Flag Officer  Samuel Barron * "the first combined operation of the Union Army and Navy in the American Civil War...

Aug. 26,  1861 Battle of Kessler's Cross Lanes (or Battle of Cross Lanes, or Battle of Forks and Knives) Nicholas County, West[ern] Virginia Gen. Jacob Cox: Gen. Erastus Tyler (who wasn't so great here, but generally kicked ass in the Eastern Theatre before commanding the defenses at Baltimore) vs. Brig. Gen. John B. Floyd (previous Governor of VA and Secretary of War under Buchanan; goes on to lose Fort Donelson)   * Floyd, commanding Confederate forces in the Kanawha Valley, crossed the Gauley River to successfully attack Col. Erastus Tyler's 7th Ohio Infantry Regiment encamped at Kessler's Cross Lanes. They say that after the surprise strike "the two wings of Tyler's line retreated in opposite directions." However, the Union quickly and decisively strikes back at Carnifex Ferry , where Floyd took a more effective defensive position, a couple weeks later. * "Throughout the rout and carnage Major Jack Casement, at the head of Tyler's left wing, c...

Aug. 4-6, 1861 Dawn Ambush on the Potomac Lovettsville, VA (Loudon County) 28th New York Infantry ( Loudoun County Unionist Samuel Means) vs. Capt. William W. Mead's Loudoun Cavalry (Co. K, 6th Virginia Cavalry) https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=223884 First Clash On Loudoun Soil Dawn Ambush on the Potomac River Frontier You are standing within the foundation of a shed used for a bunkhouse early in the war. In the spring and summer of 1861, twenty-one men of Capt. William W. Mead's Loudoun Cavalry (Co. K, 6th Virginia Cavalry) were posted here. The lane behind you which goes to McKimmey's Landing, then led to the Point of Rocks toll bridge over the Potomac River. Mead's men partly burned the bridge on June 9 on orders of Col. Thomas J. (later "Stonewall") Jackson, then kept their eyes on the Union troops on the Maryland side of the river. On the evening of August 4, Loudoun County Unionist Samuel Means of Waterford guided sixty men of the 28th New York Infantry a...