Magruder’s small Confederate army at Yorktown behind the Warwick River.

Johnston ĭescription: Marching from Fort Monroe, Maj. McClellan claimed that the additional troops would have enabled him to take Richmond during his Peninsula campaign. Despite this Union victory, President Lincoln was disturbed by Jackson’s threat to Washington and redirected substantial reinforcements to the Valley, depriving McClellan’s army of these troops. Nathan Kimball, stopped Jackson at Kernstown and then counterattacked turning Jackson’s left flank and forcing him to retreat. Jackson įorces Engaged: 12,300 total (US 8,500 CS 3,800)Įstimated Casualties: 1,308 total (US 590 CS 718)ĭescription: Relying on faulty intelligence that reported the Union garrison at Winchester numbered only about 3,000, Stonewall Jackson marched aggressively north with his 3,400-man division. Location: Frederick County and WinchesterĬampaign: Jackson’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign (1862)

The two ships fought each other to a standstill, but Virginia retired. On March 9, the Union ironclad Monitor having fortuitously arrived to do battle, initiated the first engagement of ironclads in history. Jones įorces Engaged: 4 warships 1 warship Įstimated Casualties: 433 total (US 409 CS 24)ĭescription: On March 8, 1862, from her berth at Norfolk, the Confederate ironclad Virginia steamed into Hampton Roads where she sank Cumberland and ran Congress aground. Virginia (Merrimack), Battle of the IroncladsĬampaign: Peninsula Campaign (March-September 1862) Union ships approached the point again on March 9 but discovered that the Confederates had abandoned their works and retired closer to Richmond, after effectively sealing off the Potomac River for nearly five months. On January 3, Cockpit Point was shelled by Anacostia and Yankee with neither side gaining an advantage. In October, the Confederates constructed batteries at Evansport, Freestone Point, Shipping Point, and Cockpit Point to close the Potomac River to shipping and isolate Washington.īy mid-December, the Confederates had 37 heavy guns in position along the river.

French įorces Engaged: Two gunboats battery garrison ĭescription: After victory at First Manassas, the Confederate army established a defensive line from Centreville along the Occoquan River to the Potomac River. Other Names: Batteries at Evansport, Freestone Point, Shipping PointĬampaign: Blockade of the Potomac River (1861-62)

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