Summary of the
Principal Events
Of The
Campaign in Northern Virginia
August 16 - September 2, 1862
| Aug. 16, 1862 | The Army of Northern Virginia (Confederate) advances from Gordonsville |
| Aug. 16-17,1862 | Reconnaissance toward Louisa Court-House. |
| Aug. 17, 1862 | Maj. Gen. James E. B. Stuart, C. S. Army, assigned to the command of all the cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia |
| Aug. 18, 1862 | Skirmishes near Rapidan Station and on Clark's Mountain |
| Aug.18-19,1862 | The Army of Virginia (Union) retires to north bank of the Rappahannock |
| Aug. 20,1862 | Skirmishes at Raccoon Ford, Stevensburg, Brandy
Station, Rappahannock Station, and near Kelly's Ford |
| Aug. 2l, 1862 | Skirmishes along the Rappahannock, at Kelly's, Beverly (or Cunningham's), and Freeman's Fords, etc. |
| Aug. 22, 1862 | Actions at Freeman's Ford and Hazel River and skirmishes along the Rappahannock |
| Aug. 22, 1862 | Raid on Catlett's Station |
| Aug. 23,1862 | Engagement at Rappahannock Station. Action at Beverly Ford. Skirmish at Fant's Ford |
| Aug. 23-24,1862 | Actions at Sulphur (or Warrenton) Springs |
| Aug. 24-25,1862 | Actions at Waterloo Bridge |
| Aug. 25,1862 | Skirmish at Sulphur Springs |
| Aug. 26, 1862 | Capture of Manassas Station |
| Aug. 26, 1862 | Skirmishes at Bristoe Station, Bull Run Bridge, Gainesville, Hay Market, Manassas Junction, and Sulpher Springs |
| Aug. 27, 1862 | Action at Bull Run Bridge |
| Aug. 27, 1862 | Engagement at Kettle Run, near Bristoe Station.
Skirmish at Buckland Bridge (Broad Run). Skirmish near Salem Skirmish at Waterford |
| Aug. 28, 1862 | Engagement at Thoroughfare Gap |
| Aug. 28,1862 | Engagement near Gainesville |
| Aug. 28, 1862 | Skirmishes at Centreville, Lewis' Ford, and Hay Market |
| Aug. 29, 1862 | Battle of Groveton, or Manassas Plains |
| Aug. 30, 1862 | Battle of Bull Run, Groveton Heights, or Second Manassas |
| Aug. 30, 1862 | Skirmishes at Lewis' Ford and Waterloo Bridge |
| Aug. 31, 1862 | Operations about Centreville and Chantilly |
| Aug. 31, 1862 | Skirmish at Germantown |
| Sept. 1, 1862 | Battle of Chantilly, or Ox Hill |
| Sept. 2, 1862 | Skirmishes near Fairfax Court-House, Falls Church, and Vienna |
| Sept. 2, 1862 | Affair at Flint Hill |
| Sept. 2, 1862 | Skirmish near Leesburg |
| Sept. 2, 1862 | Winchester evacuated by the Union forces |
| Sept. 2, 1862 | The Army of Virginia merged into the Army of the Potomac, under command of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, U.S. Army |
Source: Official Records of the War of the Rebellion
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