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West Virginia regions 1863. West Virginia was created out of three regions of Virginia; the Northwest, the Shenandoah Valley, and the Southwest. [15] When secession from the United States became an issue for Virginia, there was little support for it in the counties bordering the states of Ohio and Pennsylvania, but there was more support in the central and southern counties of what became West ...
Mustered at Harrisburg in the spring of 1861, this regiment marched to Camp Wayne at West Chester. McIntire's company was the first to occupy the camp, [5] and therefore he served as camp commander [6] until the regiment officially elected its officers on June 7, 1861.
146 Wayne County. Toggle Wayne County subsection. ... First Presbyterian Day School; Mount de Sales Academy; ... Camp Creek Middle School;
On December 25, McIntosh was told that Cooper’s force could not join him for a while, but he decided to attack the next day, despite being outnumbered and facing severe cold weather conditions. McIntosh attacked the camp at noon. The 1,700 pro-Union defenders were secluded in the underbrush along the slope of a rugged hill.
Stephen Dill Lee (September 22, 1833 – May 28, 1908) was an American officer in the Confederate Army, politician, and first president of Mississippi State University from 1880 to 1899. [1]
On 16 September, as they were waiting for the supply train, the Confederates happened to encounter a detachment of black Union soldiers conducting hay-making operations at Flat Rock, near the confluence of Flat Rock Creek and the Grand River, about 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of present-day Wagoner, Oklahoma and 15 miles (24 km) northwest of ...
Surrendered Camp Jackson at St. Louis to Nathaniel Lyon, May 10, 1861. Captured, exchanged for James A. Mulligan, November 1, 1861. Left army without resigning, went to Mexico, Cuba and Canada when wife banished from home near St. Louis.
The Battle of Middle Boggy Depot, also known as the Battle of Middle Boggy River or simply Battle of Middle Boggy, took place on February 13, 1864 in Choctaw Indian Territory, 4 miles (6.4 km) south of what is now Allen in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma.