 view gallery |   Battle of St Michaels - St Michaels, MD
in Battlefields The British fought American forces in St. Michaels during the War of 1812 in 1813. A cannonball from the battle went straight through a home, dubbing it the "Cannonball House" which is placed on the NRHP. posted by:  bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 6/25/2021 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Battle of the Severn - Annapolis, MD in Battlefields The battle of the Severn was fought nearby. It was small battles and revolts like this that eventually escalated into the American Revolution. posted by: bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 6/22/2021 last visited: never |
 view gallery | French Revolution of 1830/July Revolution - Paris, Île-de-France, France in Battlefields On July 28th, 1830, during the three insurrection days against King Charles X, the revolting citizens besieged the Hotel de Ville district, building barricades and shooting cannons into the old city. posted by: Outspoken1 location: Île-de-France, France date approved: 3/20/2021 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Paris Commune of 1871 - Paris, Île-de-France, France in Battlefields The hill upon which Sacré-Coeur was built was the original site of a battle for canons between the local National Guard and the National French Army. posted by: Outspoken1 location: Île-de-France, France date approved: 3/19/2021 last visited: 6/6/2021 |
 view gallery | The Battle of Lund - Skåne, Sweden in Battlefields The Battle of Lund was a battle between a Danish Army commanded by King Christian V and the Swedish Army commanded by King Charles XI posted by: Walking Boots location: Skåne, Sweden date approved: 1/9/2021 last visited: 4/20/2021 |
 view gallery | The Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold 1646 in Battlefields The site of The Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold on 21st March 1646 part of the English Civil war between Royalists and Parliamentarians. posted by:  MTBpointer location: West Midlands, United Kingdom date approved: 1/9/2021 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Battle of Spy Rock - Fayetteville WV in Battlefields Sept. 1861, Gen. J.D. Cox and 5,000 Union soldiers camped here to oppose Gen. Robert E. Lee at Sewell Mt. Site of Col. Geo. Alderson farm. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 11/29/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Battle of Fayetteville - Fayetteville WV in Battlefields Fort Scammon stood in front of you on the hill behind the courthouse. There, on September 10, 1862, Union Col. Edward Siber and the 1,500 men of his 37th Ohio Infantry defended Fayetteville against Confederate Gen. William Loring’s 5,000-man army. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 11/29/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | A. Brooks Fleming House-A Role in the Action - Fairmont WV in Battlefields Behind you is the home of Aretas Brooks Fleming (1839–1923), the eighth governor of West Virginia. During the war, he was the Marion County prosecuting attorney and served in the Fairmont Home Guard. At the time of the raid, he instructed and provisioned Mannington’s Home Guard. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 11/29/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Attack on Fairmont - Fairmont WV in Battlefields Here, at the foot of the Fairmont suspension bridge, Confederate Gen. William E. Jones watched on April 29, 1863, as his men attacked Fairmont to destroy the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge upstream at present-day 12th Street. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 11/29/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Battle for the Bridge - Fairmont WV in Battlefields Here, at the site of the Palatine foundry, a battle for possession of the suspension bridge took place on April 29, 1863. Confederate forces under Gen. William E. Jones attacked Fairmont to destroy the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 11/29/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Lee's Headquarters - Slatyfork WV in Battlefields On this knoll, General Robert E. Lee maintained headquarters from July to September, 1861, after taking command of the Confederate forces in West Virginia. His army on Valley Mountain guarded the road leading south into Virginia. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 11/29/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Camp Elkwater - Huttonsville WV in Battlefields Camp Elkwater was the key to defense of the Tygart Valley. Nearly 3,000 Federal troops were present when Confederates under Gen. Robert E. Lee threatened on September 12, 1861. A Confederate assault fizzled. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 11/29/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | War in West Virginia - Elkins WV in Battlefields You are standing at the heart of the first campaign of America's Civil War, looking west toward Rich Mountain. Late in May 1861, Gen. George B. McClellan moved troops across the Ohio River "to secure Western Virginia for the Union". posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 11/29/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | The Battle At Droop Mountain - Hillsboro WV in Battlefields General Echols marched his army north, all through the night, to Droop Mountain to reinforce them. The reinforcements arrived just in time, for General Averell began his attack early. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 11/29/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Duffields Depot Raid - Shenandoah Junction WV in Battlefields This was the site of a daring raid by Lt. Co. John S. Mosby’s Partisan Rangers (43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry) on June 29, 1864, to support Confederate Gen. Jubal A. Early’s Washington Raid. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 11/21/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Cameron's Depot Engagement - Charles Town WV in Battlefields This ruin is the northwestern corner of Locust Hill, the home of John B. and Lucy W. Packett. Nine Confederate artillery shells struck Locust Hill and set it on fire twice as Federal sharpshooters occupied the second floor. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 11/21/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Raid in Upshur County - Cleveland WV in Battlefields While at drill here on Sept. 12, 1863, a company of 70 Upshur County militia under Daniel Gould was captured by a force of Confederates under Major J. K. Kesler. Seven escaped, 25 paroled, and 38 died in captivity. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 11/21/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Clarksburg Defenses - Clarksburg WV in Battlefields When in April 1863 Confederate Gen. William E. “Grumble” Jones and Gen. John D Imboden raided present-day West Virginia, Jones approached Clarksburg from the north and Imboden from the east. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 11/21/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | War At The Front Door-Littlepage Mansion - Charleston WV in Battlefields By July 13, 1861 Wise’s men had constructed fortifications on the Littlepage Farm to command the junction of the road to Ripley with the valley road leading to Charleston. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 11/21/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Battle of Charleston-Downtown Battleground - Charleston WV in Battlefields On September 13, 1862, part of Loring’s force caught up with Lightburn here as he withdrew down the valley. The Federals had occupied Charleston since April, and Lightburn had his headquarters at a log house. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 11/21/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | The Battle of Carnifex Ferry - Keslers Cross Lanes WV in Battlefields Gen. William Rosecrans, U.S.A. with nearly 7,000 troops was ordered from Clarksburg to march on Floyd. It was the afternoon of Sept. 10, 1861 when the Federals came in sight of Camp Gauley and the battle commenced. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 11/21/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Burning Springs Oil Field - Burning Springs WV in Battlefields On May 9, 1863, Confederate Gen. William E. “Grumble” Jones led his cavalrymen here to Burning Springs (Oiltown) before continuing southeast. His men set the oil fields afire, and the burning oil turned the Little Kanawha River into a sheet of flames posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 11/21/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Battle Hill - Buckhannon WV in Battlefields When the defenders marched to Battle Hill (present-day Water Tank Hill, in front of you) to entrench on August 30, they were surprised to find the Confederates already there. The Federals quickly threw up breastworks of rails, logs, and straw stacks nearby posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 11/21/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Battle of Bulltown - Napier WV in Battlefields On October 13, Confederate Col. William L. “Mudwall” Jackson attacked the fortifications at 4:30 A.M. with about 700 men of the 19th and 20 Virginia Cavalry and two guns of Capt. Warren S. Lurty’s battery. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 11/21/2020 last visited: never |
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