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Shenandoah Valley Civil War Timeline of Battles, Skirmishes, and
Actions*
1861
April 18, 1861, Armory burned, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson
July 02, 1861,
Engagement, Falling Waters, Berkeley
July 04, 1861, Skirmish, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson
July 15, 1861, Skirmish, near
Bunker Hill, Berkeley
July 21, 1861, Skirmish, Charles Town, Jefferson
September 02, 1861, Skirmish, Beller's Mill,
Jefferson
September 09, 1861, Skirmish, Shepherdstown, Jefferson
September 15, 1861, Skirmish, Pritchard's Mill, Jefferson
September 17, 1861, Skirmish near, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson
October 11, 1861, Skirmish, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson
October
16, 1861, Skirmish, Bolivar Heights, Jefferson
1862
March 03, 1862, Skirmish, Martinsburg, Berkeley
March 05, 1862, Skirmish, Bunker Hill, Berkeley
March 07,
1862, Skirmish near, Winchester, Frederick
March 11, 1862, Skirmish, Stephenson's Depot, Frederick
March 18, 1862,
Skirmish, Middletown, Frederick
March 19, 1862, Skirmish, Strasburg, Shenandoah
March 22, 1862, Skirmish, Kernstown,
Frederick
March 23, 1862, Battle, Kernstown, Frederick
March 25, 1862, Skirmish, Mount Jackson, Shenandoah
April
07, 1862, Skirmish, Columbia Furnace, Shenandoah
April 12, 1862, Skirmish, Monterey, Highland
April 16, 1862, Skirmish,
Columbia Furnace, Shenandoah
April 17, 1862, Skirmish, Rude's Hill, Shenandoah
April 21, 1862, Skirmish, Monterey,
Highland
April 24, 1862, Skirmish near, Harrisonburg, Rockingham
April 25, 1862, Skirmish near, Luray, Page
April
26, 1862, Skirmish, Keezletown Road, Rockingham
April 27, 1862, Skirmish, McGaheysville, Rockingham
May 05, 1862,
Skirmish, Columbia Bridge, Page
May 06, 1862, Skirmish near, Harrisonburg, Rockingham
May 07, 1862, Skirmish, McDowell,
Highland
May 07, 1862, Skirmish, Somerville Heights, Page
May 08, 1862, Engagement, McDowell, Highland
May 09,
1862, Skirmish, McDowell, Highland
May 12, 1862, Skirmish, Monterey, Highland
May 15, 1862, Skirmish, Linden, Warren
May 18, 1862, Skirmish, Woodstock, Shenandoah
May 19, 1862, Skirmish, South Fork Shenandoah, Page
May 21, 1862,
Skirmish, Woodstock, Shenandoah
May 23, 1862, Action, Front Royal, Warren
May 23, 1862, Skirmish, Buckton Station,
Warren
May 24, 1862, Skirmish, Linden, Warren
May 24, 1862, Skirmish, Strasburg, Shenandoah
May 24, 1862, Action,
Newtown and Middletown, Frederick
May 24, 1862, Skirmish, Berryville, Clarke
May 25, 1862, Battle, Winchester, Frederick
May 28, 1862, Skirmish, Charles Town, Jefferson
May 30, 1862, Action, Front Royal, Warren
May 31, 1862, Skirmish
near, Front Royal, Warren
June 01, 1862, Skirmish, Mt. Carmel Church, Shenandoah
June 02, 1862, Skirmish, Woodstock,
Shenandoah
June 02, 1862, Skirmish, Strasburg, Shenandoah
June 02, 1862, Skirmish, Tom's Brook, Shenandoah
June
03, 1862, Skirmish, Mount Jackson, Shenandoah
June 06, 1862, Action, Harrisonburg, Rockingham
June 06, 1862, Skirmish
near, Mount Jackson, Shenandoah
June 07, 1862, Skirmish near, Harrisonburg, Rockingham
June 08, 1862, Battle, Cross
Keys, Rockingham
June 09, 1862, Engagement, Port Republic, Rockingham
June 13, 1862, Skirmish, New Market, Shenandoah
June 16, 1862, Skirmish near, Mount Jackson, Shenandoah
June 18, 1862, Skirmish near, Winchester, Frederick
June
19, 1862, Skirmish near, Winchester, Frederick
July 01, 1862, Skirmish near, Fort Furnace, Shenandoah
July 15, 1862,
Skirmish near, Middletown, Frederick
September 03, 1862, Skirmish near, Martinsburg, Berkeley
September 04, 1862,
Skirmish, Bunker Hill, Berkeley
September 07, 1862, Skirmish, Darkesville, Berkeley
September 11, 1862, Skirmish near,
Martinsburg, Berkeley
September 12-15, 1862, Siege, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson
September 19, 1862, Skirmish, Boteler's
Ford, Jefferson
September 20, 1862, Action, Shepherdstown, Jefferson
September 22, 1862, Skirmish, Ashby Gap, Clarke
September 24, 1862, Skirmish, Luray, Page
October 16, 1862, Skirmish near, Kearneysville, Jefferson
October 17,
1862, Skirmish near, Kearneysville, Jefferson
October 20, 1862, Skirmish, Hedgesville, Berkeley
November 02, 1862,
Skirmish, Castleman's Ferry, Clarke
November 03, 1862, Skirmish, Castleman's Ferry, Clarke
November 03, 1862, Skirmish,
Ashby Gap, Clarke
November 06, 1862, Skirmish, Martinsburg, Berkeley
November 06, 1862, Skirmish, Manassas Gap, Warren
November 09, 1862, Skirmish, Charles Town, Jefferson
November 22, 1862, Skirmish, Halltown, Jefferson
November
22, 1862, Skirmish, near, Winchester, Frederick
November 24, 1862, Skirmish, Newtown, Frederick
November 26, 1862,
Skirmish, Cockrall's Mills, Jefferson
November 29, 1862, Skirmish, Berryville, Clarke
December 02, 1862, Skirmish,
Charles Town, Jefferson
December 02, 1862, Skirmish, Berryville, Clarke
December 11, 1862, Skirmish, Darkesville,
Berkeley
December 20, 1862, Skirmish, Halltown, Jefferson
December 21, 1862, Skirmish, Strasburg, Shenandoah
1863
January 17, 1863, Skirmish, near Newtown, Frederick
February 06, 1863, Skirmish, Millwood, Clarke
February
12, 1863, Skirmish, near Charles Town, Jefferson
February 24, 1863, Skirmish, near Strasburg, Shenandoah
February
26, 1863, Skirmish, near Woodstock, Shenandoah
February 26, 1863, Skirmish, near Strasburg, Shenandoah
February 26,
1863, Skirmish, near Winchester, Frederick
March 19, 1863, Skirmish, near Winchester, Frederick
April 08, 1863, Skirmish,
on Millwood Road, Clarke
April 13, 1863, Skirmish, Snicker's Ferry, Clarke
April 22, 1863, Skirmish, Fisher's Hill,
Shenandoah
May 16, 1863, Skirmish, Charles Town, Jefferson
May 16, 1863, Skirmish, Berry's Ferry, Clarke
June
02, 1863, Skirmish, near Strasburg, Shenandoah
June 06, 1863, Skirmish, near Berryville, Clarke
June 12, 1863, Skirmish,
Cedarville, Warren
June 12, 1863, Skirmish, Newtown, Frederick
June 12, 1863, Skirmish, Middletown, Frederick
June
13, 1863, Skirmish, Opequon Creek, Frederick
June 13, 1863, Skirmish, White Post, Clarke
June 13, 1863, Skirmish,
Bunker Hill, Berkeley
June 13, 1863, Skirmish, Opequon Creek, Clarke
June 13, 1863, Skirmish, Berryville, Clarke
June
13-15, 1863, Engagement, Winchester, Frederick
June 14, 1863, Skirmish, Martinsburg, Berkeley
June 14, 1863, Skirmish,
Berryville, Clarke
July 14, 1863, Skirmish, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson
July 14, 1863, Action, Falling Waters, Berkeley
July 15, 1863, Skirmish, Halltown, Jefferson
July 15, 1863, Skirmish, near Shepherdstown, Jefferson
July 16, 1863,
Skirmish, Shanghai, Berkeley
July 16, 1863, Action, Shepherdstown, Jefferson
July 17, 1863, Skirmish, North Mountain
Station, Berkeley
July 17, 1863, Skirmish, Snicker's Gap, Clarke, Loudoun
July 18, 1863, Skirmish, near Hedgesville,
Berkeley
July 19, 1863, Skirmish, near Martinsburg, Berkeley
July 20, 1863, Skirmish, near Berry's Ferry, Clarke
July
21, 1863, Skirmish, Manassas Gap, Warren
July 21, 1863, Skirmish, Chester Gap, Warren
July 22, 1863, Skirmish, Manassas
Gap, Warren
July 22, 1863, Skirmish, Chester Gap, Warren
July 23, 1863, Action, Wapping Heights, Warren
July 23,
1863, Skirmish, near Chester Gap, Warren
August 02, 1863, Skirmish, Newtown, Frederick
August 05, 1863, Skirmish,
Cold Spring Gap, Frederick
September 16, 1863, Skirmish, Smithfield, Jefferson
September 21, 1863, Skirmish, Fisher's
Hill, Shenandoah
October 07, 1863, Skirmish, Summit Point, Jefferson
October 07, 1863, Skirmish, Charles Town, Jefferson
October 17, 1863, Skirmish, Berryville, Clarke
October 18, 1863, Skirmish, Berryville Pike, Clarke
October 18,
1863, Skirmish, Charles Town, Jefferson
November 16, 1863, Skirmish, Edinburg, Shenandoah
November 16, 1863, Skirmish,
Woodstock, Shenandoah
November 16, 1863, Skirmish, Mount Jackson, Shenandoah
December 12, 1863, Skirmish, near Strasburg,
Shenandoah
December 13, 1863, Skirmish, near Strasburg, Shenandoah
1864
February 02, 1864, Skirmish, near Strasburg, Shenandoah
February 11, 1864, Raid, B&O Railroad, Jefferson
February 20, 1864, Skirmish, Front Royal, Warren
March 10,
1864, Skirmish, near Charles Town, Jefferson
March 10, 1864, Skirmish, Kabletown, Jefferson
April 02, 1864, Skirmish,
Stony Creek, Shenandoah
April 08, 1864, Skirmish, Winchester, Frederick
April 24, 1864, Skirmish, near Middletown,
Frederick
May 13, 1864, Skirmish, near New Market, Shenandoah
May 14, 1864, Skirmish, New Market, Shenandoah
May
14, 1864, Skirmish, Rude's Hill, Shenandoah
May 15, 1864, Skirmish, near Strasburg, Shenandoah
May 15, 1864, Engagement,
New Market, Shenandoah
May 21, 1864, Skirmish, Newtown, Frederick
May 22, 1864, Skirmish, Front Royal, Warren
May
24, 1864, Skirmish, near Charles Town, Jefferson
May 29, 1864, Skirmish, Newtown, Frederick
May 30, 1864, Skirmish,
Newtown, Frederick
June 05, 1864, Engagement, Piedmont, Augusta
June 10, 1864, Skirmish, Brownsburg, Rockbridge
June
10, 1864, Skirmish, Middlebrook, Augusta
June 10, 1864, Skirmish, Waynesborough, Augusta
June 10, 1864, Skirmish,
near Kabletown, Jefferson
June 11, 1864, Skirmish, Lexington, Rockbridge
June 11, 1864, Skirmish, near Midway, Augusta
June 12, 1864, Skirmish, Cedar Creek, Frederick
June 26, 1864, Skirmish, Smithfield, Jefferson
June 29, 1864,
Skirmish, Charles Town, Jefferson
June 29, 1864, Skirmish, Duffield's Station, Jefferson
July 03, 1864, Skirmish,
Leetown, Jefferson
July 03, 1864, Skirmish, Darkesville, Berkeley
July 03, 1864, Skirmish, Martinsburg, Berkeley
July
03, 1864, Skirmish, North Mountain, Berkeley
July 04, 1864, Skirmish, Bolivar Heights, Jefferson
July 17-18, 1864,
Engagement, Cool Spring, Clarke
July 19, 1864, Skirmish, Bunker Hill, Berkeley
July 19, 1864, Skirmish, Darkesville,
Berkeley
July 19, 1864, Skirmish, Charles Town, Jefferson
July 19, 1864, Engagement, Berry's Ferry, Clarke
July
19, 1864, Skirmish, Kabletown, Jefferson
July 20, 1864, Engagement, Rutherford's Farm, Frederick
July 22, 1864, Skirmish,
near Berryville, Clarke
July 22, 1864, Skirmish, Newtown, Frederick
July 23, 1864, Skirmish, Kernstown, Frederick
July 24, 1864, Skirmish, Falling Waters, Berkeley
July 24, 1864, Engagement, Kernstown, Frederick
July 25, 1864,
Skirmish, Martinsburg, Berkeley
July 25, 1864, Skirmish, Bunker Hill, Berkeley
July 26, 1864, Skirmish, Falling Waters,
Berkeley
July 27, 1864, Skirmish, Back Creek Bridge, Berkeley
July 30, 1864, Skirmish, near Shepherdstown, Jefferson
August 10, 1864, Skirmish, near Stone Chapel, Clarke
August 10, 1864, Skirmish, Berryville Road, Clarke
August
11, 1864, Action near, Newtown, Frederick
August 11, 1864, Action, Double Toll Gate, Frederick
August 11, 1864, Skirmish,
near Winchester, Frederick
August 12, 1864, Skirmish, Cedar Creek, Frederick
August 13, 1864, Skirmish, near Strasburg,
Shenandoah
August 14, 1864, Skirmish, near Strasburg, Shenandoah
August 15, 1864, Skirmish, near Charles Town, Jefferson
August 15, 1864, Skirmish, near Cedar Creek, Shenandoah
August 16, 1864, Engagement, Guard Hill, Warren
August
17, 1864, Engagement, Abrams Creek, Frederick
August 18, 1864, Skirmish, Opequon Creek, Clarke, Frederick
August 19,
1864, Skirmish, Berryville, Clarke
August 20, 1864, Skirmish, Berryville, Clarke
August 20, 1864, Skirmish, Opequon
Creek, Clarke, Frederick
August 21, 1864, Skirmish, near Berryville, Clarke
August 21, 1864, Engagement, Summit Point,
Jefferson
August 21, 1864, Skirmish, Middleway, Jefferson
August 21, 1864, Engagement, Cameron's Depot, Jefferson
August 22, 1864, Skirmish, Charles Town, Jefferson
August 23, 1864, Skirmish, Kearneysville, Jefferson
August
24, 1864, Skirmish, Halltown, Jefferson
August 25, 1864, Action, near Shepherdstown, Jefferson
August 25, 1864, Action,
near Kearneysville, Jefferson
August 25, 1864, Skirmish, Halltown, Jefferson
August 26, 1864, Skirmish, Charles Town,
Jefferson
August 26, 1864, Action, Halltown, Jefferson
August 27, 1864, Skirmish, Duffield's Station, Jefferson
August
28, 1864, Skirmish, Leetown, Jefferson
August 28, 1864, Skirmish, Smithfield, Jefferson
August 29, 1864, Engagement,
Smithfield Crossing, Jefferson
August 29, 1864, Skirmish, near Charles Town, Jefferson
August 31, 1864, Skirmish,
Martinsburg, Berkeley
September 01, 1864, Skirmish, Opequon Creek, Clarke, Frederick
September 02, 1864, Action, Bunker
Hill, Berkeley
September 02, 1864, Skirmish, Darkesville, Berkeley
September 03, 1864, Action, Bunker Hill, Berkeley
September 03, 1864, Engagement, Berryville, Clarke
September 04, 1864, Engagement, Berryville, Clarke
September
05, 1864, Skirmish, Stephenson's Depot, Frederick
September 07, 1864, Skirmish, near Winchester, Frederick
September
07, 1864, Skirmish, near Brucetown, Frederick
September 10, 1864, Skirmish, Darkesville, Berkeley
September 13, 1864,
Skirmish, Gilbert's Ford, Clarke, Frederick
September 13, 1864, Skirmish, Locke's Ford, Frederick, Clarke
September
13, 1864, Skirmish, Bunker Hill, Berkeley
September 13, 1864, Skirmish, Abrams Creek, Frederick
September 14, 1864,
Skirmish, near Berryville, Clarke
September 15, 1864, Skirmish, Seiver's Ford, Clarke, Frederick
September 16, 1864,
Skirmish, Snicker's Gap, Clarke, Loudoun
September 18, 1864, Action, Martinsburg, Berkeley
September 19, 1864, Battle,
Opequon Creek, Frederick
September 20, 1864, Skirmish, Strasburg, Shenandoah
September 20, 1864, Skirmish, Middletown,
Frederick
September 20, 1864, Skirmish, Cedarville, Warren
September 21, 1864, Skirmish, Fisher's Hill, Shenandoah
September 21, 1864, Skirmish, Front Royal, Warren
September 21, 1864, Skirmish, Strasburg, Shenandoah
September
22, 1864, Engagement, Milford, Page, Warren
September 22, 1864, Battle, Fisher's Hill, Shenandoah
September 23, 1864,
Skirmish, Woodstock, Shenandoah
September 23, 1864, Skirmish, near Edinburg, Shenandoah
September 23, 1864, Skirmish,
Front Royal, Warren
September 23, 1864, Skirmish, Mount Jackson, Shenandoah
September 24, 1864, Skirmish, Forest Hill,
Rockingham
September 24, 1864, Skirmish, Mount Jackson, Shenandoah
September 24, 1864, Skirmish, near New Market,
Rockingham
September 24, 1864, Skirmish, New Market, Shenandoah
September 24, 1864, Skirmish, Forest Hill, Shenandoah
September 26, 1864, Skirmish, Weyer's Cave, Augusta
September 26, 1864, Skirmish, Port Republic, Rockingham
September
26, 1864, Skirmish, Port Republic, Rockingham
September 26, 1864, Skirmish, Brown's Gap, Rockingham
September 27,
1864, Skirmish, Weyer's Cave, Augusta
September 27, 1864, Skirmish, Port Republic, Rockingham
September 28, 1864,
Skirmish, Waynesborough, Augusta
September 28, 1864, Skirmish, Rockfish Gap, Augusta
September 28, 1864, Skirmish,
Port Republic, Rockingham
October 02, 1864, Skirmish, Bridgewater, Rockingham
October 02, 1864, Skirmish, Mt. Crawford,
Rockingham
October 03, 1864, Skirmish, Mount Jackson, Shenandoah
October 03, 1864, Skirmish, North River, Rockingham
October 04, 1864, Skirmish, North River, Rockingham
October 05, 1864, Skirmish, North River, Rockingham
October
06, 1864, Skirmish, near Brock's Gap, Rockingham
October 07, 1864, Skirmish, Columbia Furnace, Shenandoah
October
07, 1864, Skirmish, on Back Road, Shenandoah
October 08, 1864, Skirmish, Luray Valley, Page
October 08, 1864, Skirmish,
Tom's Brook, Shenandoah
October 09, 1864, Engagement, Tom's Brook, Shenandoah
October 13, 1864, Engagement, Hupp's
Hill, Frederick
October 13, 1864, Skirmish, Hupp's Hill, Shenandoah
October 14, 1864, Skirmish, Strasburg, Shenandoah
October 19, 1864, Battle, Cedar Creek, Frederick
October 20, 1864, Skirmish, Fisher's Hill, Shenandoah
October
23, 1864, Skirmish, Dry Run, Warren
October 25, 1864, Skirmish, Milford, Page, Warren
October 26, 1864, Skirmish,
Milford, Page, Warren
October 28, 1864, Skirmish, Newtown, Frederick
November 07, 1864, Skirmish, near Edinburg, Shenandoah
November 10, 1864, Skirmish, near Kernstown, Frederick
November 11, 1864, Skirmish, near Kernstown, Frederick
November
12, 1864, Action, Newtown, Frederick
November 12, 1864, Skirmish, Cedar Creek, Shenandoah
November 12, 1864, Action,
Cedar Creek, Frederick
November 20, 1864, Skirmish, Kabletown, Jefferson
November 22, 1864, Action, Rude's Hill, Shenandoah
November 22, 1864, Skirmish, Front Royal, Warren
November 12, 1864, Action, Ninevah, Warren
November 24, 1864,
Skirmish, Parkins Mill, Frederick
November 29, 1864, Skirmish, Charles Town, Jefferson
November 30, 1864, Skirmish,
Snicker's Gap, Clarke, Loudoun
November 30, 1864, Skirmish, Kabletown, Jefferson
December 21, 1864, Action, Lacey
Springs, Rockingham
1865
February 03, 1865, Skirmish, Charles Town, Jefferson
March 01, 1865,
Skirmish, Mt. Crawford, Rockingham
March 02, 1865, Engagement, Waynesborough, Augusta
March 05, 1865, Skirmish, Harrisonburg,
Rockingham
March 07, 1865, Skirmish, near Mount Jackson, Shenandoah
March 07, 1865, Skirmish, Rude's Hill, Shenandoah
March 13, 1865, Skirmish, near Charles Town, Jefferson
March 14, 1865, Skirmish, Woodstock, Shenandoah
March 21,
1865, Skirmish, near Fisher's Hill, Shenandoah
*A skirmish is considered a brisk or minor encounter between
small bodies of troops, especially advanced or outlying detachments of opposing armies. Example: There were several skirmishes
prior to the Battle of Gettysburg.
A battle or engagement is a prolonged and general conflict
pursued to a definite decision between large, organized armed forces. Example: Battle of Gettysburg.
An action can be a battle or a skirmish. Example: There were
several actions during the Gettysburg Campaign.
The term military campaign applies to large scale, long duration,
significant military strategy plan incorporating a series of inter-related military operations or battles forming a distinct
part of a larger conflict often called a war.
(Sources and related reading below.)
Sources: National Park Service; National Archives; Library of Congress;
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.
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