Conflicts

West Virginia

521 engagements recorded

Keyser Farm Fortified Village – West Virginia

Battle at Wheeling Creek 1774

Battle of Wheeling (Dunmore's War skirmishes)

Lord Dunmore's War – Battle of Wheeling 1774

Lord Dunmore's War - Battle of Point Pleasant 1774

Point Pleasant Battle

Northwest Territory — Battle of Dunmore's War Conclusion 1774

Battle of Point Pleasant (Pontiac's War approaches)

Battle of Point Pleasant 1774

Battle of Point Pleasant — Lord Dunmore's War

Battle of Point Pleasant (as Revolutionary context)

Siege of Fort Henry (1777)

Revolutionary War

Burning of Grave Creek Settlement

Revolutionary War

Siege of Fort Henry

Revolutionary War

Burning of Wheeling (1777)

Revolutionary War

Skirmish at Wheeling Creek (1777)

Revolutionary War

First Siege of Fort Henry (Wheeling)

Revolutionary War

Skirmish at Grave Creek (1777)

Revolutionary War

Battle of Fort Henry (1777)

Revolutionary War

Attack on Fort Randolph

Revolutionary War

Battle of Point Pleasant (1778)

Revolutionary War

Battle of the Great Kanawha (1778)

Revolutionary War

Raid on Wheeling Creek Settlements

Revolutionary War

Battle of Kanawaugh (Point Pleasant area 1780)

Revolutionary War

Battle of Fort Henry (1782)

Revolutionary War

Second Siege of Fort Henry (1782)

Revolutionary War

Battle of Rice's Fort (WV)

Revolutionary War

Burr's Conspiracy — Blennerhassett Island Raid 1806

First Battle of Philippi

Skirmish at Huntersville

Moorefield — Skirmish (August 1861)

Skirmish at Pruntytown, Taylor County (1861)

Skirmish at Parkersburg approaches

Skirmish at Tyree's Farm (Sewell Mountain)

Skirmish at Buckhannon

Action at Buffalo (Putnam County)

First Capture of Romney

Action at Elkwater

Skirmish at Cheat Mountain Pass

B&O Railroad Raid at Clarksburg (1861)

Skirmish at Coalsmouth (St. Albans)

Battle of Rich Mountain Jul 11 1861

Skirmish at Princeton (1861)

Battle of Buffalo Mountain

Action at Rowlesburg

Battle of Cheat Mountain

Battle of Opequon Creek (First)

Battle of Philippi (First Land Battle)

Action at Huntersville

Battle of Cotton Hill

Valley Mountain Camp Skirmishes

Romney West Virginia Operations

Gauley Bridge Operations

Battle of Glenville

Battle of Carnifex Ferry

Battle of Barboursville

Skirmish near Camden-on-Gauley

Battle of Laurel Hill

New River Bridge Skirmish (Gauley Bridge)

B&O Railroad Sabotage at Harpers Ferry Junction 1861

Action at Beverly, Randolph County (July 1861)

Battle of Corrick's Ford Jul 13 1861

Skirmish at Marlinton (Pocahontas County) (1861)

Skirmish at Belington, Barbour County (1861)

Fort Milroy — Cheat Mountain Pass Defense (1861)

Skirmish at Clarksburg (1861)

Battle of Summersville

Sutton West Virginia Skirmishes

Action at Gauley Mount (Nicholas County)

Action Near Parkersburg (1861)

Carnifex Ferry Approach Skirmish

Battle of Greenbrier River (October 1861)

Skirmish at Keyser (Cumberland Road)

Battle of Allegheny Mountain (Camp Allegheny)

Summersville West Virginia Skirmishes

Battle of Sewell Mountain

Battle of Huttonsville

First Capture of Harpers Ferry (1861)

Skirmish at Harrisville (1861)

Action at Sutton, Braxton County (1861)

Battle of Bolivar Heights

Battle of Cheat Mountain Sep 12 1861

Battle of Philippi WV Jun 3 1861

Action at Carnifex Ferry

Engagement at Point Pleasant (WV)

Skirmish at Fairmont (1861)

Skirmish at Valley Mountain

Battle of Elkwater

Battle of Harpers Ferry (1861)

Defense of Wheeling (Wheeling Convention Defense)

Battle of Hoke's Run

Skirmish at Belington

Action at Belington

Martinsburg — First Confederate Occupation (July 1861)

Occupation of Clarksburg

Skirmish at Elk Water, Randolph County (1861)

Skirmish at Barboursville (1861)

Skirmish at Elizabeth, Wirt County (1861)

Charleston West Virginia Operations

Cheat Summit Fort Skirmish

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