Troop engagements of the American Civil War, 1863

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Contents 1 Troop engagements in 1863 1.1 January 1.2 February 1.3 March

[edit] Troop engagements in 1863

[edit] January

1

• Galveston, Texas. Three Cos. 42d Mass., U.S. Gunboats Westfield, Harriet Lane, Owasco, Sachem, Clifton, and Coryphæus. Union 600 killed, wounded and missing. Confed. 50 killed and wounded.

7 and 8

• Springfield, Missouri. Missouri Militia, convalescents and citizens. Union 14 killed, 144 wounded. Confed. 40 killed, 206 wounded and missing. Union Brig.-Gen. Brown wounded.

11

• Fort Hindman, Ark. Thirteenth Corps, Maj.-Gen. McClernand; Fifteenth Corps, Maj.-Gen. Sherman and gunboats Mississippi squadron. Union 129 killed, 831 wounded. Confed. 100 killed, 400 wounded, 5,000 prisoners.
• Hartsville or Wood's Fork, Mo. 21st Iowa, 99th Ill., 3d Iowa Cav., 3d Mo. Cav., Battery L, 2d Mo. Artil. Union 7 killed, 64 wounded. Confed. Brig.-Gen. McDonald killed.

14

• Bayou Teche, La. 8th Vt., 16th and 75th N.Y., 19th Conn., 6th Mich., 21st Ind., 1st La. Cav., 4th and 6th Mass. Battery, 1st Maine Battery, and U.S. Gunboats Calhoun, Diana, Kinsman and Estrella. Union 10 killed, 27 wounded. Confed. 15 killed. Union Commodore Buchanan killed. Confed. Gunboat Cotton destroyed.

24

• Woodbury, Tenn. Second Division Crittenden's Corps. Union 2 killed, 1 wounded. Confed. 35 killed, 100 missing.

30

• Deserted House or Kelly's Store, near Suffolk, Va. Portion of Maj.-Gen. Peck's forces. Union 24 killed, 80 wounded. Confed. 50 wounded.

31

• Rover, Tenn. 4th Ohio Cav. Confed. 12 killed, 12 wounded, 300 captured.

[edit] February

3

• Fort Donelson or Cumberland Iron Works, Tenn. 83d Ill., 2d Ill. Artil., one battalion 5th Iowa Cav. Union 16 killed, 60 wounded, 50 missing. Confed. 140 killed, 400 wounded, 130 missing.

14

• Brentsville, Va. 1st Mich. Cav. Union 15 wounded.

16

• Near Romney, W. Va. Detachments 116th and 122d Ohio. Union 72 wounded and captured.

21

• Prairie Station, Miss. 2d Iowa Cav. Union 1 killed, 3 wounded.

24

• Mississippi River below Vicksburg. U.S. Gunboat Indianola. Union 1 killed, 1 wounded. Confed. 35 killed.

[edit] March

1

• Bradyville, Tenn. 3d and 4th Ohio Cav., 1st Tenn. Cav. Union 1 killed, 6 wounded. Confed. 5 killed, 27 wounded, 100 captured.

4

• Skeet, N.C. 3d N.Y. Cav. Union 3 killed, 15 wounded. Confed. 28 wounded.

4 and 5

• Thompson's Station, also called Spring Hill and Unionville, Tenn. 33d and 85th Ind., 22d Wis., 19th Mich., 124th Ohio, 18th Ohio Battery, 2d Mich. Cav., 9th Penna. Cav., 4th Ky. Cav. Union 100 killed, 300 wounded, 1,306 captured. Confed. 150 killed, 450 wounded.

8

• Fairfax C. H., Va. Brig.-Gen. Stoughton and thirty-three men captured by Mosby in his midnight raid.

10

• Covington, Tenn. 6th and 7th Ill. Cav. Confed. 25 killed.

13 to April 5

• Fort Pemberton, Miss. Thirteenth Corps, Brig.-Gen. Ross; Seventeenth Corps, Brig.-Gen. Quimby, U.S. Gunboats Chillicothe and DeKalb. Casualties not recorded.

14

• Port Hudson, La. Maj.-Gen. Banks' troops and Admiral Farragut's fleet. Union 65 wounded.

16 to 22

• Expedition up Steele's Bayou and at Deer Creek, Miss. 2d Division Fifteenth Corps, Maj.-Gen. Sherman, gunboat fleet, Admiral Porter. Casualties not recorded.

17

• Kelly's Ford, Va. 1st and 5th U. S. Regulars, 3d, 4th and 16th Penna., 1st R. I., 6th Ohio, 4th N. Y. Cav., 6th N. Y. Battery. Union 9 killed, 35 wounded. Confed. 11 killed, 88 wounded.

20

• Vaught's Hill, near Milton, Tenn. 105th Ohio, 101st Ind., 80th and 123d Ill., 1st Tenn. Cav., 9th Ind. Battery. Union 7 killed, 48 wounded. Confed. 63 killed, 300 wounded.

22

• Mt. Sterling, Ky. 10th Ky. Cav. Union 4 killed, 10 wounded. Confed. 8 killed, 13 wounded.

24

• Danville, Ky. 18th and 22d Mich., 1st Ky. Cav., 2d Tenn. Cav., 1st Ind. Battery.
• Ponchatoula, La. 127th and 165th N. Y., 9th Conn., 14th and 24th Maine, 6th Mich. Union 6 wounded. Confed. 3 killed, 11 wounded.

25

• Brentwood, Tenn. Detachment 22d Wis. and 19th Mich. Union 1 killed, 4 wounded, 300 prisoners. Confed. 1 killed, 5 wounded.
• Franklin and Little Harpeth, Tenn. 4th and 6th Ky. Cav., 9th Penna. Cav., 2d Mich. Cav. Union 4 killed, 19 wounded, 40 missing.

28

• Pattersonville, La. Gunboat Diana with Detachment of 12th Conn. and 160th N.Y. a board. Union 4 killed, 14 wounded, 99 missing.

29

• Somerville, Tenn. 6th Ill. Cav. Union 9 killed, 29 wounded.

30

• Dutton's Hill or Somerset, Ky. 1st Ky. Cav., 7th Ohio Cav., 44th and 45th Ohio Mounted Vol. Union 10 killed, 25 wounded. Confed. 290 killed, wounded and missing.
• Point Pleasant, W. Va. One Co. 13th W. Va. Union 1 killed, 3 wounded. Confed. 20 killed, 25 wounded.

30 to April 4

• Washington and Rodman's Point, N. C. Maj.-Gen. Foster's command. Casualties not recorded.