The American Civil War - Chronologically

Aug.-Sept. 1862  Jenkins' Raid; or    Jenkins' Expedition in West Virginia and Ohio;  or Jenkins' Trans-Allegheny Raid Various sites throughout West[ern] Virginia, and yes- briefly into Ohio Units including the Upshur Battery and Battery E, West Virginia Light Artillery; and the Home Militia : Col. John C. Rathbone in command; Col. John C. Paxton; Ltc. William H.H. Russell; elements from 2nd, 11th, & 4th Loyal Virginia Cavalry (and Co. E of the 10th West Virginia is waiting for him in Buckhannon under Capt. Marsh)   vs. Brig. Gen. Albert G. Jenkins; later Col. John Imboden; 8th Virginia Cavalry Regiment led by Col. James Corns, and five more companies of mounted men led by Capt. W.R. Preston, later 14th Virginia Cavalry Regiment (all under Maj. Gen. Loring) * First Confederate to invade Ohio. Not to be confused with Morgan's Raid (Summer '63), which is the one that gets slightly farther North, the farthest of any Confederate excursion actually (settin...

August 19, 1862  Mary Jane Snyder's Ride Parsons, WV Union Capt. William Hall vs. Confederate Col. John Imboden * LADY-HERO ALERT!   https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=210403 " Confederate cavalry led by Col. John Imboden entered Pendleton County on August 17, 1862. On the 19th, Mary Jane Snyder, daughter of Union scout Capt. John Snyder, rode 25 miles through wilderness to warn Union Capt. William Hall, who was camped at the forks of Cheat River. Hall averted attack by moving his troops toward St. George and later to Rowlesburg." *     *     * Meanwhile, in original VA (somewhere between Brandy Station and Cedar Mountain, geographically speaking), Pope is backing into second Bull Run... Two days ago: https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=4433 https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=288573 Lee and Pope To the south is Clark's Mountain, behind which Lee's army was gathered, August 17, 1862. From a signal station on the mountain top Lee looked down on Pope's army, which he wished...

Aug. 9, 1862 Battle of Cedar Mountain (AKA Slaughter's Mountain; or Cedar Run) Culpeper County, Virginia  Pope > Banks (approximately 8,000 infantry organized into five brigades across two divisions, supported by artillery batteries and limited cavalry detachments): Brigadier General s Alpheus S. Williams & Christopher C. Augur (who was wounded early in the action, turning things over to George S. Greene); Artillery under Captains Joseph B. Clark and Charles J. Wheeler, including batteries from the 1st Pennsylvania and 1st New York    vs. Lee > Jackson (approximately 18,000 men, including three infantry divisions, supporting artillery batteries with around 40 guns, and a cavalry brigade): Major General Charles S. Winder, mortally wounded early in the battle and succeeded by Brigadier General William B. Taliaferro, leads Jackson's Division, including the Stonewall Brigade; Major General Richard S. Ewell's division, including Early's and Trimble's b...