1861:  
Skirmish at Great Falls, Maryland

Skirmish at Shelbina, Missouri


1862:  
Skirmish at Falls Church, Virginia

Skirmish at Hutchinson, Minnesota

Skirmishes at Poolesville and Monocacy Aqueduct, Maryland

Confederate General Robert E. Lee invaded the North with 50,000 troops and moved toward Harpers Ferry. General George B. MeClellan Union Army, of 90,000 troops, pursued Lee. (September 4-9)



1863:  
Skirmishes at Round Prairie, Flint Creek, and Bentonville, Arkansas

Affair at Quincy, Missouri

Rear Admiral John Dahlgren began an attack aimed at capturing Charleston. The Confederates evacuated Batter Wagner and Morris Island, South Carolina, two days later.


1864:  
Skirmish near Brownsville, Arkansas

Skirmish at Opequon Creek, Virginia

John Hunt Morgan is killed
An amazing career ends when feared Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan is killed during a Union cavalry raid on the town of Greenville, Tennessee.

An Alabama native, Morgan grew up in Kentucky and attended Transylvania University before being expelled for poor behavior. He served under Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War and became a successful hemp manufacturer in Kentucky afterwards. Morgan was a strong sympathizer with the Southern cause in the 1850s, and moved to Alabama when Kentucky did not secede from the Union.

After joining the Confederate Army, Morgan quickly became a colonel in the cavalry. He fought at Shiloh and soon became famous for his cavalry raids. In one year, starting in July 1862, Morgan made four spectacular raids on Union-held territory. In the first raid, Morgan rode 1,000 miles around Kentucky, disrupting Yankee supply lines and capturing 1,200 Union soldiers. His force, consisting of as many as 1,800 troopers, traveled light and lived off the land. By December 1862, Morgan's raids had successfully diverted 20,000 Union troops in order to secure supply lines and communications networks.

His fourth raid was the most dramatic, but it ended in disaster. Leaving Tennessee in July 1863 with 2,400 men, Morgan headed again for Kentucky. This time, he continued northward into the Union states. Morgan's force swept through southern Indiana and Ohio before heading back to the Ohio River, but Union troops blocked his passage back to Kentucky, and Yankee cavalry chased him into northeastern Ohio. He and the remnants of his force were trapped, and they surrendered at Salineville, Ohio, on July 26.

Morgan and his officers were incarcerated at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus. On November 23, 1863, he and some of his men tunneled out of the prison and escaped to the South. He returned to duty and commanded the Department of Southwestern Virginia.

At the time of his death, Morgan was preparing for a raid on Knoxville, Tennessee. Alerted to his presence, Union cavalry attacked his headquarters at Greenville. Morgan was shot and killed while trying to join his men.



1865:  
Engagement at Powder River, Montana


Primary sources:
Official Records of the War of the Rebellion
A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion ; by Frederick Dyer;
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865 by E. B. Long with Barbara Long;
National Archives Guide Index