Federal cavalry intercepts a Confederate detachment that had just finished raiding through Maryland and Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, Philip Sheridan takes command of Federals in the Valley and starts planning to take on Jubal Early’s Confederates.
Category: West Virginia
Confederates Forage in West Virginia
Confederate forces scour the Shenandoah Valley and West Virginia to feed the armies despite severe winter conditions, while Federals in the region begin panicking at their presence.
Averell’s Third West Virginia Raid
A new Confederate force moves into West Virginia to stop Federal raiding in the region, and endures freezing cold in the process.
The Battle of Droop Mountain
An engagement occurs as part of William W. Averell’s Federal raid on Confederate supply lines in West Virginia.
Federals Raid into West Virginia
William W. Averell initiates another Federal raid into West Virginia, which culminates in an engagement at White Sulphur Springs.
The Fall of Harpers Ferry
As part of Robert E. Lee’s Confederate army moves through Maryland, another part under Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson forces the largest Federal surrender of the war.