The Battle of Fayetteville occurred in Fayette County, Virginia (now West Virginia), on September 10, 1862, during the American Civil War. A Confederate...
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The Battle of Pea Ridge (March 7–8, 1862), also known as the Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, took place during the American Civil War near Leetown, northeast...
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The Battle of Charleston was a Confederate victory in Kanawha County, Virginia, on September 13, 1862, during the American Civil War. Troops led by Major...
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Toney Creek Victor Whipple Winona Wriston Babcock State Park Battle of Fayetteville (1862 Western Virginia) Beury Mountain Wildlife Management Area Bridge...
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Curtis occupied Fayetteville on February 18, 1862, and the following week, the Battle of Pea Ridge took place northeast of Fayetteville. The city housed...
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operated only from 1839 to 1862, its legacy is often linked to the decision to establish the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. A historical marker commemorates...
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1st Arkansas Cavalry Battalion (Stirman's) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from public domain works of the United States Government)
part of Arkansas. The battalion was apparently stationed in Fayetteville Arkansas, before that city was occupied by Union Forces on 23 February 1862. During...
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51st Virginia Infantry Regiment (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from public domain works of the United States Government)
at the Battle of Fort Donelson, where the 51st escaped and marched back to Nashville with 274 men, and eventually back to Virginia in spring 1862. It then...
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30th Virginia Sharpshooters Battalion (category 1862 establishments in Virginia)
beginning of the war until surrendering at Battle of Fort Donelson. Both batteries were exchanged and formed in August 1862 before becoming part of the 30th...
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The Battle of Prairie Grove was a battle of the American Civil War fought on December 7, 1862. While tactically indecisive, the battle secured the Union...
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Alexander McRae (American soldier) (redirect from Alexander McRae (1829 - 1862))
fought in the Union Army, being killed in the Battle of Valverde. Alexander McRae was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina in 1829 to John and Mary McRae...
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known in the North as Battle of Antietam and Second Battle of Bull Run were referred to as the Battle of Sharpsburg and the Battle of Manassas, respectively...
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45th Virginia Infantry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Virginia)
on the approach to the Union camp at Fayetteville, with the 45th Virginia on the left reassigned to the brigade of Brig. Gen. John S. Williams. They advanced...
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George S. Patton Sr. (category People of Virginia in the American Civil War)
the Battle of Scary Creek in present-day West Virginia on July 17, 1861. He returned but was again wounded at Giles Court House on May 10, 1862; this...
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26th Virginia Infantry Battalion (category 1862 establishments in Virginia)
unit of the Confederate States Army organized on May 20, 1862 from men of the 59th Virginia Infantry Regiment who were not captured at the Battle of Roanoke...
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1st Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Union) (category Military units and formations established in 1862)
Russell, The Battle of Fayetteville; Historical Enterprises, Santa Clara, Utah, 2019. Mahan, Russell, The First Arkansas Union Cavalry, 1862-1865 Historical...
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The battle of Cane Hill was fought between Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War on November 28, 1862, in northwestern Arkansas, near...
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skirmishes and two battles (at Fayetteville and Charleston), and Union troops retreated to the Ohio River and the safety of the state of Ohio. Although the...
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University of Arkansas (U of A, UArk, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It is the flagship campus of the University...
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of the residents of Fayetteville supported the South. However, Judge Tebbetts was an outspoken supporter of the Union. He was arrested in March 1862....
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Arkansas in the American Civil War (category Military history of the Confederate States of America)
as well as several significant battles were fought in Arkansas, including the Battle of Elkhorn Tavern in March 1862, a decisive one for the Trans-Mississippi...
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1st Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Union) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion)
The Battle of Fayetteville Arkansas (2nd ed.). Historical Enterprises. p. 47. ISBN 9780999396261. Mahan, Russell (2019). The Battle of Fayetteville Arkansas...
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The Battle of Old Fort Wayne, also known as Maysville, Beattie's Prairie, or Beaty's Prairie, was an American Civil War battle on October 22, 1862, in...
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The First Battle of Newtonia was fought on September 30, 1862, between Confederate soldiers commanded by Colonel Douglas H. Cooper and a Union column...
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The Battle of Whitney's Lane, also known as the Action at Whitney's Lane, was a small, but psychologically important, land battle of the American Civil...
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42d Mississippi Infantry Regiment (category 1862 establishments in Mississippi)
Campaign". Fayetteville Observer. Vol. XLVII, no. 2442. March 21, 1864. p. 4. "Prison Items". Richmond Dispatch. Vol. XXIII, no. 104. November 1, 1862. p. 2...
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William Lewis Cabell (category Mayors of Dallas)
List of Confederate States Army generals List of commanders-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans Mahan, Russell, The Battle of Fayetteville Arkansas;...
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The Battle of McGuire's Store (28 October 1862) was fought at McGuire, Arkansas, near Elkins, between Union forces led by Brigadier General Francis J....
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Clarendon The Battle of Cotton Plant also known as Action at Hill's Plantation or Action at Cache River or Action at Round Hill (July 7, 1862) was fought...
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The Battle of Clark's Mill was fought on November 7, 1862, near Vera Cruz, Missouri, as part of the American Civil War. Confederate troops led by Colonels...
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