Virginia History Timeline (Part 2)

Events 101 - 200 of 321

• 1862-05-11 Confederates scuttle CSS Virginia off Norfolk, Virginia
• 1862-05-15 Battle of Drewry's Bluff (Fort Darling), Virginia

• 1862-05-25 First Battle of Winchester, Virginia: Stonewall Jackson's Confederate forces achieve major victory
• 1862-05-27 Battle of Hanover Court House, Virginia (Slash Church, Peake's Station)
• 1862-05-31 Battle of Seven Pines Virginia (Fair Oaks)
• 1862-06-01 2nd/last day of battle at Fair Oaks/7 Pines Virginia (11,165 casualties)

• 1862-06-07 Skirmish at Union Church, Virginia (Peninsular)
• 1862-06-08 Valley Campaign-Battle of Cross Keys, Virginia
• 1862-06-25 Battle of Oak Grove, Virginia (Orchard, Henrico, French's Field) (Kings's Schoolhouse) Day 1 of 7 Days
• 1862-06-26 Battle of Beaver Dam Creek-Union repulses Confederacy in Virginia
• 1862-06-26 US Army of Virginia established under Gen John Pope
• 1862-06-27 -28] Battle at Garnett's/Golding's Farms, Virginia
• 1862-06-28 Day 4 of 7 Day Battle of Savage's Station [Garnett's Farm] in Virginia
• 1862-06-30 Battle of Glendale [Frayser's Farm], day 6 of 7 days battles, Virginia Confederate assault attack (US Civil War)
• 1862-08-09 Battle of Cedar Mountain [Slaughter's Mountain], fought in Culpeper County, Virginia, Confederate victory (US Civil War)
• 1862-08-28 Battle of Groveton, Virginia (Manassas Plains) [->AUG 19]
• 1862-08-28 Battle of Thoroughfare Gap, Virginia

• 1862-08-30 Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, Virginia, ends with a Confederate victory over Union forces
• 1862-09-01 Battle at Chantilly (Ox Hill) Virginia (2100 casualties)
• 1862-09-18 General Read army pulls out of Antietam Creek Virginia
• 1862-09-19 -20] Battle at Blackford's Ford, Virginia
• 1862-11-05 Battle at Barbee's Crossroads, Virginia: 51 casualties
• 1862-12-11 Battle of Fredricksburg in Virginia begins between Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General Ambrose Burnside
• 1862-12-12 Battle of Dumfries, Virginia
• 1862-12-13 Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia (Marye's Heights)
• 1862-12-26 US Civil War: Battle of Dumfries begins in Virginia
• 1863-01-17 Civil War skirmish near Newtown, Virginia

• 1863-02-10 1st US fire extinguisher patent granted to Alanson Crane of Virginia
• 1863-03-17 Battle of Kelly's Ford, Virginia with 211 causalities
• 1863-03-31 Battle of Grand Gulf, Mississippi and Dinwiddie Court House, Virginia
• 1863-04-02 Bread revolt in Richmond, Virginia
• 1863-04-11 Battle of Suffolk, Virginia (Norfleet House)
• 1863-04-19 Union troops and fleet occupy For Huger, Virginia

• 1863-04-30 Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia: In a major victory General Robert E. Lee's troops defeat larger Army of the Potomac under Major General Joseph Hooker, Stonewall Jackson is fatally wounded
• 1863-05-01 Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia, 29,000 injured or died
• 1863-05-02 South defeats North in Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
• 1863-05-03 Battle of Salem Church, Virginia
• 1863-05-03 The Second Battle of Fredericksburg occurs in Virginia, part of the Chancellorsville Campaign of the American Civil War
• 1863-06-05 Battle of Franklin's Crossing, Virginia (Deep Run)
• 1863-06-09 Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia (Fleetwood, Beverly Ford)
• 1863-06-13 Second Battle of Winchester, Virginia
• 1863-06-13 Skirmish at Berryville, Virginia
• 1863-06-14 Battle of 2nd Winchester, Virginia; Confederate force defeats Union army garrison and captures Winchester
• 1863-06-15 Second Battle at Winchester Virginia, ends in Federal defeat; 1350 casualties
• 1863-06-17 Battle at Middleburg, Virginia - 1st Rhode Island Cavalry routed trying to take the town
• 1863-06-17 Battle of Aldie, Confederates fail to drive back Union in Virginia
• 1863-06-19 Battle at Middleburg, Virginia, with 100+ casualties
• 1863-06-21 Battle at Upperville, Virginia, Union forces hold off Confederate advance, 389 causalities
• 1863-06-27 Skirmish at Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia
• 1863-07-24 Battle at Battle Mountain, Virginia
• 1863-07-25 Skirmish at Barbee's Crossroads, Virginia
• 1863-09-01 6th Ohio Cavalry ambush at Barbees Crossroads Virginia
• 1863-10-09 Battle of Brady Station, Virginia (Culpeper Court House, Bristoe Station)
• 1863-10-14 Battle at Bristoe Station, Virginia (about 2000 casualties)
• 1863-10-19 Battle of Buckland Mills, Virginia
• 1863-11-07 Battles of Rappahannock Station & Kelly's Ford, Virginia
• 1864-01-27 Civil War skirmish at Kelly's Ford, Virginia
• 1864-02-06 -7] Skirmish at Barnett's Ford Virginia
• 1864-02-28 -Mar 3rd] Skirmish at Albemarle County Virginia (Burton's Ford)
• 1864-05-04 -16] actions at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia
• 1864-05-05 Battle of Wilderness, Virginia (Germanna Ford, Wilderness Tavern)
• 1864-05-06 Battle of Port Walthall Junction, fought in Virginia begins (Battle of Port Walthall Junction), Union victory (US Civil War)

• 1864-05-07 Skirmish at Port Walthall Junction, Virginia (Drewry's Bluff)
• 1864-05-08 Actions at Stony Creek/Nottoway bridge, Virginia (Drewry's Bluff)
• 1864-05-09 -20] Skirmish at Ware Bottom Church, Virginia
• 1864-05-09 Battle of Cloyd's Mt, & Swift Creek, Virginia (Drewery's Bluff, Fort Darling)
• 1864-05-10 Battles at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
• 1864-05-10 Skirmish at Ny River, Virginia
• 1864-05-11 Battle of Yellow Tavern, Virginia (Sheridan's Raid, South Anna Bridge)
• 1864-05-12 Battle of Drewry's Bluff, fought in Chesterfield County, Virginia (Peninsula Campaign), Confederate victory (US Civil War)
• 1864-05-12 Battle of Spotsylvania, fought near Courthouse, Virginia (Overland Campaign), inconclusive result (US Civil War)
• 1864-05-12 Battle of Todd's Tavern, cavalry battle fought near Todds Tavern, Virginia (Sheridan's Raid), inconclusive result (US Civil War)
• 1864-05-15 Battle of New Market, Virginia
• 1864-05-16 Battle of Bermuda Hundred, Virginia
• 1864-05-16 Last battles at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia (6,666 casualties)
• 1864-05-19 Battle of Port Walthall Junction, Virginia (Bermuda Hundred)
• 1864-05-20 Battle at Ware Bottom Church, Virginia, 1,400 killed or injured
• 1864-05-22 Battle of North Anna River, Virginia (Totopotamy River, Haw's Shop, Hanovertown)
• 1864-05-23 Battle of North Anna, Virginia, 1st of 3 days of fighting
• 1864-05-26 -30] Skirmish along the Totopotomoy Creek, Virginia
• 1864-05-27 Skirmish at Salem Church (Haw's Shop), Virginia
• 1864-05-30 Battle of Bethesda Church [Totopotomoy Creek], cavalry battle fought in Hanover County, Virginia, inconclusive result (US Civil War)
• 1864-06-01 Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia (Gaines' Mill, Gaines' Farm)
• 1864-06-05 Battle of Piedmont, Virginia (Augusta City)
• 1864-06-11 Battle of Trevilian Station, the bloodiest and largest all-cavalry battle of the American Civil War, begins in Louisa County, Virginia
• 1864-06-15 Capt Mendell begins building 640m long ponton bridge over James River, Virginia
• 1864-06-15 Robert E. Lee's home area (Arlington, Virginia) becomes a military cemetery
• 1864-06-16 Battle of Lynchburg, Virginia; Confederate troops fend off forces of Union general David Hunter
• 1864-06-17 640m long ponton bridge over James River, Virginia finished
• 1864-06-20 Battle of Kinston, North Carolina and Battle of Abingdon, Virginia
• 1864-06-22 Battle of Ream's Station, Virginia (Wilson's Raid)
• 1864-07-19 Third Battle of Winchester, Virginia (Stephenson's Depot) [->JUL 20]
• 1864-07-20 Battle at Stephenson's Depot, Virginia: 200 killed or injured
• 1864-07-27 Battle of Darbytown, Virginia (Deep Bottom, Newmarket Road) (Strawberry Plains)

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Birthdays 101 - 200 of 453

• 1829-03-29 Robert Emmet Rodes, American Civil War Confederate Army Major General, born in Lynchburg, Virginia (d. 1864)
• 1829-09-08 Seth Barton, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Fredericksburg, Virginia (d. 1900)
• 1829-12-14 John Mercer Langston, 1st African-American to hold US political office, born in Louisa County, Virginia (d. 1897)
• 1830-11-03 John Esten Cooke, American novelist (The Virginia Comedians) and Confederate States Army, born in Winchester, Virginia (d. 1886)
• 1830-11-10 Albert Gallatin Jenkins, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Cabell County, Virginia (d. 1864)
• 1831-01-11 James Ronald Chalmers, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Halifax County, Virginia (d. 1898)
• 1831-04-04 Edward Cary Walthall, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1898)
• 1832-08-27 James A. Walker, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Augusta County, Virginia (d. 1901)
• 1832-09-16 George Washington Custis Lee, American Major General (Confederate Army), born in Fort Monroe, Virginia (d. 1913)
• 1832-10-15 Henry Harrison Walker, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Sussex County, Virginia (d. 1912)
• 1833-01-23 John Randolph Chambliss Jr, American Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), born in Greensville County, Virginia (d. 1864)

• 1833-07-28 James Henry Lane, Brigadier General during Civil War (Confederate), born in Mathews Court House, Virginia (d. 1907)
• 1833-11-09 Sally Louisa Tompkins, American nurse and philanthropist, only woman commissioned in Confederate army during US Civil War, born in Mathews City, Virginia (d. 1916)

• 1834-04-21 William Rufus Terrill, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Covington City, Virginia (d. 1862)
• 1835-10-11 Hunter McGuire, American physician and Med Director (Confederate Army), born in Winchester, Virginia (d. 1900)
• 1835-11-19 Fitzhugh Lee, American Major General (Confederate Army) and 40th Governor of Virginia, born in Fairfax County, Virginia (d. 1905)
• 1836-05-27 Edwin Gray Lee, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Shepherdstown, Virginia (d. 1870)
• 1836-10-15 Thomas Lafayette Rosser, American Major General (Confederate Army), born in Campbell County, Virginia (d. 1910)

• 1837-05-31 William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, American Major General (Confederate Army), born in Arlington House, Virginia (d. 1891)
• 1837-08-30 Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, US 1st Lady (1881-85), born in Culpeper Court House, Virginia (d. 1880)
• 1840-02-29 William Harvey Carney, American Civil War soldier (first African-American to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor), born in Norfolk, Virginia (d. 1908)
• 1840-04-25 James Dearing, U.S. Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Campbell County, Virginia (d. 1865)
• 1840-09-28 Sandie [Alexander Swift] Pendleton, American Lieutenant Colonel (Confederate Army), born in Alexandria, Virginia (d. 1864)
• 1841-03-01 Blanche Bruce, American politician who was born a slave, (Sen-Miss, 1875-1881), born in Farmville, Virginia (d. 1898)
• 1843-05-09 Isabella "Belle" Boyd, American actress and Confederate spy during US Civil War, born in Martinsburg, Virginia (d. 1900)
• 1846-07-26 Texas Jack Omohundro, American frontier scout, actor, and cowboy, born in Palmyra, Virginia (d. 1880)
• 1846-09-05 John W Cromwell, American lawyer and civil right activist (American Negro Academy), born in Portsmouth, Virginia (d. 1927)
• 1851-09-13 Walter Reed, U.S. Army physician and bacteriologist who proved mosquitoes transmit yellow fever, born in Belroi, Virginia (d. 1902)
• 1855-03-01 Paul Hines, American MLB outfielder (Triple Crown 1878, Providence Grays), born in Virginia (d. 1935)

• 1858-05-01 Anthony Johnson Showalter, American composer, born in Cherry Grove, Virginia (d. 1924)
• 1860-08-25 George Fawcett, American actor (Intolerance), born in Alexandria, Virginia (d. 1939)
• 1865-07-14 Annie Jones, American bearded lady (appeared in P. T. Barnum circus), born in Marion, Virginia (d. 1902)
• 1867-07-15 Maggie L. Walker, African-American teacher and businesswoman (1st female Bank President), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1934)
• 1868-11-28 William H. Lewis, American College football center and coach (first African-American selected as an All-American; Harvard), born in Berkley, Virginia (d. 1949)
• 1873-04-22 Ellen Anderson Glasgow, American novelist (Ancient Law, Pulitzer-1942), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1945)
• 1873-12-07 Willa Cather, American Pulitzer-Prize winning author (One of Ours; My Ántonia), born in Winchester, Virginia (d. 1947)
• 1875-12-19 Carter G. Woodson, American historian (African American studies), born in New Canton, Virginia (d. 1950)

• 1879-04-14 James Branch Cabell, American novelist and essayist (Restless Heads), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1958)

• 1880-02-14 Aida Overton Walker, African-American dancer and singer (In Dahomey, Salome), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1914)
• 1880-11-25 Leonard Woolf, English author and husband of Virginia Woolf, born in London (d. 1969)
• 1882-04-04 Mary Howe, American composer (Sand) and pianist, born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1964)
• 1882-09-06 John Powell, American pianist and composer, born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1963)
• 1883-10-26 Napoleon Hill, American writer and philosopher (Think and Grow Rich), born in Pound, Virginia (d. 1970)
• 1883-11-07 Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, African-American TV preacher, born in Newport News, Virginia (d. 1968)
• 1885-07-21 Frances Parkinson Keyes, American novelist (Dinner at Antoine's), born in Charlottesville, Virginia (d. 1970)
• 1886-01-24 Henry King, Christiansburg Virginia, American film director (d. 1982)
• 1886-09-22 Hobart Cavanaugh, American actor (Border Town, Black Angel), born in Virginia City, Nevada (d. 1950)
• 1887-02-16 Kathleen Clifford, American actress (When the Clouds Roll by), born in Charlottesville, Virginia (d. 1962)
• 1888-10-15 S.S. Van Dine [pseudonym for William Huntingdon Wright], American art critic and crime writer (Philo Vance), born in Charlottesville, Virginia (d. 1939)

• 1889-05-10 Mae Murray, American silent screen actress, born in Portsmouth, Virginia (d. 1965)
• 1889-09-19 Sarah Louise "Sadie" Delany, American author and teacher, born in Lynch's Station, Campbell County, Virginia (d. 1999)
• 1890-08-13 [Lavinia] Marian Fleming Poe, African American advocate in Virginia, born in Warwick, County, Virginia (d. 1974)
• 1891-12-15 A. P. Carter, American country-folk and gospel singer-songwriter, and guitarist (The Carter Family), born in Maces Spring, Virginia (d. 1960)
• 1892-04-22 Vernon Johns, American civil rights activist, born in Darlington Heights, Virginia (d. 1965)
• 1892-12-30 John Litel, American actor (Jezebel, Virginia City, My Hero), born in Albany, Wisconsin (d. 1972)
• 1893-09-24 Julia Faye, American actress (The 10 Commandments, Samson & Delilah), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1966)
• 1894-09-18 Fay Compton [Virginia Compton-Mackenzie], British stage and screen actress (Hamlet; The WInter's Tale; Othello; The Haunting), born in West Kensington, London (d. 1978)
• 1898-01-23 Randolph Scott, American actor (Ride the High Country, Last of the Mohicans, Western Union), born in Orange County, Virginia (d. 1987)
• 1898-06-26 Chesty Puller, US Marine Corps lieutenant general and the most decorated Marine in history, born in West Point, Virginia (d. 1971)
• 1898-07-21 Sara Carter, American country musician, songwriter and vocalist (Carter Family), born in Cooper Creek, Virginia (d. 1979)
• 1899-05-05 Freeman Gosden, American writer and actor (The Amos 'n' Andy Show, Calvin and the Colonel), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1982)
• 1899-11-25 Vera Reynolds, American silent screen actress (Lawless Woman), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1962)
• 1900-01-02 William Haines, American actor (Fast Life, Little Annie Rooney), born in Staunton, Virginia (d. 1973)
• 1900-11-11 Hugh Scott, American lawyer and politician (Senate Minority Leader 1969-77), born in Fredericksburg, Virginia (d. 1994)
• 1901-08-02 Charlie Caldwell, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (Williams, Princeton), born in Bristol, Virginia (d. 1957)
• 1904-01-26 Douglas Evans, American actor (At War with the Army, South Pacific Trail), born in Madison, Virginia (d. 1968)
• 1904-03-14 Doris Eaton, American actress (Man on the Moon, Tell Your Children), born in Norfolk, Virginia (d. 2010)
• 1904-12-24 Daniel Womack, American Piedmont blues guitarist, singer and harmonica player, born in Danville, Virginia (d. 1996)
• 1905-05-15 Joseph Cotten, American actor (Citizen Kane, The Third Man, Airport 77, Hearse), born in Petersburg, Virginia (d. 1994)
• 1905-08-25 Undine Smith Moore, African-American composer, born in Jarratt, Virginia (d. 1989)
• 1907-02-26 Dub Taylor [Walter Clarence Taylor Jr], American character actor (Gunsmoke), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1994)
• 1907-05-01 Kate Smith, American singer ("God Bless America"; "When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain"), radio star, and NHL Philadelphia Flyers good luck charm, born in Greenville, Virginia (d. 1986)

• 1909-05-16 Margaret Sullavan, American actress (Three Comrades, The Shop Around the Corner), born in Norfolk, Virginia (d. 1960)
• 1910-09-03 Dorothy Maynor, American soprano and founder (Harlem School of Arts), born in Norfolk, Virginia (d. 1996)

• 1912-05-17 Clarence "Ace" Parker, American NFL quarterback (Brooklyn, Boston Yanks), born in Portsmouth, Virginia (d. 2013)
• 1912-05-23 John Payne, American actor (The Restless Gun; Miracle on 34th Street), born in Roanoke, Virginia (d. 1989)
• 1913-07-27 George L. Street III, American Navy Submariner and Medal of Honor recipient, born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 2000)
• 1913-08-13 John Facenda, American sportscaster (NFL Action), born in Portsmouth, Virginia (d. 1984)
• 1913-12-18 Lynn Bari [Margaret Schuyler Fisher], American actress (Shock, Nocturne, 6 Gun Law), born in Roanoke, Virginia (d. 1989)
• 1914-05-12 Dan Daniel, American politician (Rep-D-VA, 1969-88), born in Chatham, Virginia (d. 1988)
• 1914-07-24 Ed Mirvish, American-Canadian businessman (Honest Ed's) and philanthropist, born in Colonial Beach, Virginia (d. 2007)
• 1914-11-08 Peter Mondavi, American Napa Valley winemaker (Charles Krug), born in Virginia, Minnesota (d. 2016)
• 1915-06-26 Charlotte Zolotow, American author and publisher of children's books (When the Wind Stops), born in Norfolk, Virginia (d. 2013)
• 1916-07-07 Lloyd "Tiny" Grimes, American jazz and R&B guitarist (Art Tatum), born in Newport News, Virginia (d. 1989)
• 1916-10-30 Leon Day, American Baseball HOF pitcher (9 x NgL All Star; NgL World Series 1946; Brooklyn/Newark Eagles, Baltimore Elite Giants), born in Alexandria, Virginia (d. 1995)

• 1917-10-05 Lew Worsham, American golfer (US Open 1947; Ryder Cup 1947), born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia (d. 1990)
• 1918-03-29 Pearl Bailey, American Tony and Emmy Award-winning stage and screen actress, singer and dancer (Hello, Dolly!), born in Newport News, Virginia (d. 1990)

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