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Emmitsburg In the Civil War

 Battles of Cole's Calvary 
Part 2 of 6

John Allen Miller

1861

  • Mustered into service September 9
  • Dam No. Five, Potomac River - December 22

1862

  • Battle of Hancock, MD - January 5, 6
  • Kernstown, VA - March 23
  • Cedar Creek, VA - March 24
  • Strasburg, VA - March 25
  • Edenburg, VA - April 1
  • General Banks Retreat - May 22, 23
  • Harpers Ferry, WV - May 28
  • Leesburg, VA - September 2
  • Seige of Harpers Ferry, WV - September 3-14
  • Williamsport, MD - September 15
  • Hyattstown, MD - October 11
  • Hallstown, VA - December 20

1863

  • Sharpsburg, MD - June 25
  • Fountain Dale, PA - June 28
  • Gettysburg, PA - July 1-3
  • Williamsport, MD - July 4
  • Frederick, MD - July 5
  • Harpers Ferry Bridge, WV - July 6
  • Operations in Loudon County, VA - August 25-September 26
  • Smithfield, VA - August 23
  • Catoctin Mountain, MD - September 14
  • Snickersville, Leesburg, Rectors Cross Roads, Bloomfield, VA - September 14
  • Loudon Valley, VA - September 25
  • Upperville, VA - September 25
  • Summit Point, WV - October 7
  • Rippon, VA - October 18
  • Annandale, VA - October 22
  • Expedition in the Shenandoah Valley - November 1 - December 31
  • Woodstock, Ashby’s Gap, Front Royal, Harrisonburg, VA - No dates available
  • Charlestown, WV - November 15
  • Mt. Jackson, VA - November 16
  • New Market, VA - November 18
  • Upperville, VA - December 10
  • Eldenburg, VA - December 17
  • New Market, VA - December 18
  • Harrisonburg, VA - December 21
  • Staunton, VA - December 21

1864

  • Five Points, Rectortown, VA - January 1
  • Loudon Heights, VA - January 10
  • Romney, Moorefield, Mechanicsville Gap, WV - February 4
  • Regiment Re-enlisted - February 13
  • Upperville, VA - February 20
  • Sigel’s Expedition from Martinsburg, WV to New Market, VA - April 30-May 16
  • New Market, VA - May 13-15
  • Hunter’s Expedition to Lynchburg, VA - May 26-July 1
  • Harrisonburg, VA - June 3
  • Piedmont, VA - June 5
  • Staunton, VA - June 6
  • Tye River, VA - June 12
  • Lexington, VA - June 13
  • Buckhannon, VA - June 14
  • Lynchburg, VA - June 17, 18
  • Catawba Mountains - June 21
  • Shepardstown, WV - July 3
  • Keedysville, MD - July 5
  • Monocacy, MD - July 8
  • Frederick, MD - July 11, 12
  • Maryland Heights, MD - July 13-15
  • Purcellsville, VA - July 16
  • Cool Springs, VA - July 18
  • Ashby’s Gap, VA - July 19
  • Kernstown, VA - July 23, 24
  • Snicker’s Gap, VA - July 25
  • Falling Waters, WV - July 26
  • Hagerstown, MD - July 29, 30
  • Keedysville, MD - August 5
  • Winchester, VA - August 17
  • Opequan Creek, VA - August 18-20
  • Berryville, VA - August 21
  • Charlestown, WV - August 21
  • Antietam, MD - August 22
  • Williamsport, MD - August 26
  • Summit Point, WV - August 30
  • White Post, VA - September 3
  • Winchester, VA - September 19
  • Fisher’s Hill, VA - September 22
  • Cedar Creek, VA - October 19

1865

  • Operations in West Virginia against Mosby and protecting the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, from Harpers Ferry, WV to Cumberland, MD - June
  • Mustered out of service - June 28

Coming soon:

  • Battles around Emmitsburg, Part II
  • General Reynolds and Emmitsburg
  • General Meade and the protection of Emmitsburg
  • Emmitsburg and the Western Wing of the Pipe Creek Defense Line
  • Old Mills and how they were effected by the Battle of Gettysburg

Read other articles by John Miller

Read Mike Hillman's Account of the Emmitsburg role in the Battle of Gettysburg