Chronology:
1864
January
January 1 -- Fight at Five Points near Middleburg
January 7 -- Attack on a picket on Lee's Ridge near Warrenton.
January 10 -- Loudoun Heights fight
January 18 -- Attack on B&O train near Duffield Station, WV (double check date!)
January 10 - Raid on Loudoun Heights
January ? - Raid on Cavalry camp near Vienna
February:
February 5 -- Fight between Millwood and Berryville
February 5 -- Skirmish between Middleburg and Aldie
February 11 -- (approx.) Mosby promoted to Lt. Colonel
February 18 - Skirmish near Paris
February 20 - Fight at Blakeley's Grove School house
February 22 - fight at Dranesville
March:
March 8 - fight at Greenwich
March 10 -- Attack on a picket at Chew's house between Kabletown and Charles Town, WV, led by Dolly Richards
March 20 -- Attack on a sutler near Harper's Ferry, led by Dolly Richards
April:
April 22 -- Attack on pickets at Hunter's Mill in Fairfax County.
April 29 -- Attack on rar guard of Federal raiding party near Loughborough's between Bloomfield and Upperville
April - May - Scout to near Warrenton
April - May -- attempted raid on B&O Train betwen Martinsburg and Winchester.
May:
May 9 -- Wagon raid between Fredericksburg and Belle Plain, Stafford County.
May 10 (approx.) -- Fight on Winchester Turnpike near Berryville
May 12 -- Attack on wagon train near Fisher's Hill, Frederick County.
May 17 -- Fight with Loudoun Rangers At Waterford (Richards)
May 21 - Attack on Yankee camp at Guard Hill, near Front Royal
May 30 -- Attack on wagon train near Newtown
June:
June 8 -- SKirmish between Hopewell Gap and the Bull Run Mountains (led by Bushrod Underwood)
June 10 -- Scout to Alexandria, attempted capture of Gov. Pierpont, capture of Col. Dulany.
June 24 -- Fight at Machen's barn, near Centreville
June 28 -- Attack on Duffield Station (Jefferson Co, WV)
June 29 --Fight between Charles Town and Halltown, W.Va.
July:
July 4 -- Attack and raid on Point of Rocks, Maryland-- "The Crinoline Raid"
July 6 -- Fight at Mt. Zion Church, near Aldie
July 18 -- Skirmish near Snicker's Gap
July 19 -- Fight at the "Big Poplar" near Ashby's Gap
July 20 -- Atack on a wagon camp near snickers ville
July 25 -- Scout to near Bunker Hill led by Samuel Chapman
July 25 -- Scout to Winchester area led by Dolly Richards
(Summer, 1864) -- Scout to near Great Falls
August:
August 1 -- Scout near Charles Town, WV
August 8 -- Attack on two pickets on the Braddock Road, near Alexandria
August 8 -- Fight at Fairfax Station.
August 8 -- (approx) Attack on cavalry camp between Berryville and Summit Point, WV
August 13 -- Berryville "Great Wagon Raid"
August 15 -- Scout and skirmish near Charles Town, WV, led by Dolly Richards
August 19 -- Attempted capture of Gen. Sheridan near Charles Town
August 20 -- Attack on the "house burners" at Col. Benjamin Morgan's near Berryville
August 24 -- Attack on stockade near Annandale
September:
September 4 -- Fight at Myer's Ford, Jefferson County, WV
September 4 -- Scout net near Rippon, WV, led by Dolly Richards
September 9 - Fight near Gold's Farm, Berryville
September 11 -- Scout to Loudoun County
September 15 -- Lt. Col. Mosby wounded in groin in skirmish on the Centreville road, near Germantown.
September 16 -- Fight at Snicker's Gap (Mt Airy fight)/
September 21 -- Fight above Winchester
September 23 -- Fight at Summit Point, Jefferson Co, W.Va
September 23 -- Attack on the Reserve Brigade of Merritt's Cavalry Division near Chester Gap, and subsequent execution of seven members of the command at Front Roya
September 25 -- Fight at Opequon Creek near Shacklett's house near Berryville
September 25 -- Attack on Sheridan's communications near Frederick County.
September 29 -- Joseph Blackwell's house, "Heartland" burned by Federal troops. This was the informal headquarters of the command and was where Col. Mosby was staying, and it is believed that a number of his personal effects were lost in this fire.
October:
October 8 -- Scout below the Manassas Gap RR near Piedmont
October 9 -- Skirmish at Tom's Brook, near Fisher's Hill
October 11 -- Skrimishes along the Manaswsas Gap RR between the Plains and Rectortown (The Whitewood Fight)
October 12 -- Attack on an ambulance on the Valley Pike north of Newtown, led by Richards
October 14 -- The "Greenback Raid" on the B&O Railroad near Duffield's Station, WVA
October 14 -- Adamstown, Maryland raid
October 16 -- Scout along the Manassas Gap RR in Fauquier
October 17 -- attack on Yankee foraging party at Fletcher's between Piedmont and Paris
October 17 -- Scout along the Valley Pike between Bunker Hill and Bucklestown, WV., led by Richards
October 17 -- Demonstration agains the fortifications at Annandale
October 18 -- Attack on a picket at Hunter's Mill in Fairfax, which ended in the controversial killing of Rev. John D. Read.
October 25 -- Attack on wagon train and capture of Gen. Duffie on the Valley Pike between Winchester and Martinsburg
October 27 -- Scout to the Shenandoah Valley led by Richards
October 29 -- Fight near Dulany's, Upperville
November:
November 5 -- Scout along the Valley Pike between Middletown and Strasburg
Mid-November -- Scout to Warren County
November 15 (approx) -- Attack on a wagon train near White Post
November 15 (approx.) Scout to between ThePlains and Middleburg to intercept a Federal patrol, led by Richards
November 18 -- Fight at Myerstown, Jefferson Co, WVa.
November 24 - Attack on cavalry camp at Perkin's Mill near Winchester
December:
December 3 -- Scout to near White Post
December 3 -- Attempted raid on a B&O train near Duffield Station (Richards)
December 7 -- Colonel Mosby promoted to full colonel.
December 8 -- Scout to near Duffield Station (Richards)
December 8 -- Dr. Aristides Montiero, a UVa. classmate formally transferred to the unit, at the request of Col. Mosby.
December 19 -- Attack on ambulance and guard near Vienna (led by Bushrod Underwood)
December 21 -- Col. Mosby severely wounded at "Lakeland" home of Ludwell Lake, near Rector's Cross Roads (Atoka).
December 26-27 -- Skirmishes with Federal troops passing through Fauquier, in search of Mosby
December 28 - Scout to near Millwood (Richards)
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