108:
397:
91:
439:
Seizing the initiative, Marshall bested Cox's 1st and 2nd brigades during three days of fighting, May 15 to May 17, in Mercer County, centering on
Princeton Courthouse. There were 129 casualties in total.
198:
629:
634:
624:
433:
191:
580:
553:
184:
347:
526:
644:
401:
619:
639:
536:
309:'s column, its axis of march the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, advanced from Cheat Mountain and occupied in succession
367:
303:
417:
385:
112:
107:
71:
271:
208:
60:
425:
379:
362:
357:
352:
129:
448:
Breaking contact with the
Confederates on the night of May 17, Cox withdrew 20 miles (30 km). Col.
469:
237:
99:
649:
222:
654:
453:
322:
242:
95:
396:
291:
252:
232:
421:
321:, and Shenandoah Mountain. Retreating before the oncoming Federals, Confederate Brig. Gen.
247:
8:
461:
20:
429:
326:
318:
314:
227:
37:
559:
532:
465:
283:
176:
424:, held Mercer County and braced for a lunge at the railroad. Confederate Brig. Gen.
522:
413:
409:
341:
306:
141:
124:
302:
By early May 1862, Union forces were positioned to invade
Virginia at two places.
287:
310:
563:
613:
595:
582:
497:
279:
90:
528:
Military
Reminiscences of the Civil War Volume I - April 1861-November 1863
449:
457:
400:
Map of
Princeton Court House Battlefield core and study areas by the
452:, commanding Cox's 3rd brigade, marched to and occupied the city of
275:
558:. Huntington, West Virginia: Standard Printing and Publishing Co.
555:
A History of Middle New River
Settlements and Contiguous Territory
487:
Incomplete. There is a report from
Marshall, but none from Wharton
630:
Battles of the
Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
206:
635:Battles of the American Civil War in West Virginia
420:. By mid-May, the Federals, although ousted from
611:
625:Confederate victories of the American Civil War
531:. New York, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
192:
325:pulled back to Westview, six miles west of
348:Simmonds' Battery Kentucky Light Artillery
199:
185:
456:, where on May 23 he defeated Brig. Gen.
551:
395:
468:'s army had routed a Union division at
402:American Battlefield Protection Program
612:
180:
464:. Crook withdrew upon learning that
270:was fought May 15–17, 1862 in
521:
13:
515:
490:
332:
14:
666:
290:. It was a minor victory for the
148:Department of Southwest Virginia
106:
89:
16:Battle of the American Civil War
418:Virginia and Tennessee Railroad
268:Battle of Princeton Court House
31:Battle of Princeton Court House
645:1862 in the American Civil War
481:
1:
475:
466:Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson
408:Union soldiers of Brig. Gen.
297:
640:Mercer County, West Virginia
443:
61:Mercer County, West Virginia
7:
552:Johnston, David E. (1906).
363:37th Ohio Infantry Regiment
358:34th Ohio Infantry Regiment
353:28th Ohio Infantry Regiment
10:
671:
323:Edward "Allegheny" Johnson
18:
620:Jackson's Valley campaign
460:'s larger brigade in the
391:
368:2nd West Virginia Cavalry
218:
210:Jackson's Valley campaign
152:
135:
118:
82:
43:
35:
30:
96:United States of America
19:Not to be confused with
500:. National Park Service
292:Confederate States Army
405:
386:51st Virginia Infantry
380:Gen. Humphrey Marshall
282:) in conjunction with
146:Army of East Kentucky
119:Commanders and leaders
434:Army of East Kentucky
399:
153:Casualties and losses
51:May 15–17, 1862
596:37.3657°N 81.1017°W
592: /
462:Battle of Lewisburg
414:District of Kanawha
21:Battle of Princeton
430:Abingdon, Virginia
406:
376:Confederate Forces
38:American Civil War
601:37.3657; -81.1017
538:978-3-84951-384-9
523:Cox, Jacob Dolson
426:Humphrey Marshall
342:Gen. Jacob D. Cox
284:Stonewall Jackson
261:
260:
175:
174:
130:Humphrey Marshall
113:CSA (Confederacy)
78:
77:
662:
650:1862 in Virginia
607:
606:
604:
603:
602:
597:
593:
590:
589:
588:
585:
574:
572:
570:
548:
546:
545:
510:
509:
507:
505:
498:"Battle Summary"
494:
488:
485:
307:Robert H. Milroy
213:
211:
201:
194:
187:
178:
177:
142:Kanawha Division
125:Jacob Dolson Cox
111:
110:
94:
93:
45:
44:
28:
27:
670:
669:
665:
664:
663:
661:
660:
659:
655:May 1862 events
610:
609:
600:
598:
594:
591:
586:
583:
581:
579:
578:
568:
566:
543:
541:
539:
518:
516:Further reading
513:
503:
501:
496:
495:
491:
486:
482:
478:
446:
416:threatened the
394:
374:
335:
333:Order of Battle
300:
288:Valley Campaign
264:
263:
262:
257:
214:
209:
207:
205:
170:
168:
163:
161:
159:
147:
105:
88:
63:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
668:
658:
657:
652:
647:
642:
637:
632:
627:
622:
576:
575:
549:
537:
517:
514:
512:
511:
489:
479:
477:
474:
445:
442:
393:
390:
389:
388:
372:
371:
365:
360:
355:
350:
334:
331:
311:Camp Allegheny
299:
296:
259:
258:
256:
255:
250:
245:
240:
238:1st Winchester
235:
230:
225:
219:
216:
215:
204:
203:
196:
189:
181:
173:
172:
165:
155:
154:
150:
149:
144:
138:
137:
136:Units involved
133:
132:
127:
121:
120:
116:
115:
103:
85:
84:
80:
79:
76:
75:
69:
65:
64:
59:
57:
53:
52:
49:
41:
40:
33:
32:
26:
25:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
667:
656:
653:
651:
648:
646:
643:
641:
638:
636:
633:
631:
628:
626:
623:
621:
618:
617:
615:
608:
605:
565:
561:
557:
556:
550:
540:
534:
530:
529:
524:
520:
519:
499:
493:
484:
480:
473:
471:
467:
463:
459:
455:
451:
441:
437:
435:
431:
428:arrived from
427:
423:
419:
415:
411:
403:
398:
387:
384:
383:
382:
381:
377:
369:
366:
364:
361:
359:
356:
354:
351:
349:
346:
345:
344:
343:
339:
330:
328:
324:
320:
316:
312:
308:
305:
295:
293:
289:
285:
281:
280:West Virginia
277:
273:
272:Mercer County
269:
254:
253:Port Republic
251:
249:
246:
244:
241:
239:
236:
234:
231:
229:
226:
224:
223:1st Kernstown
221:
220:
217:
212:
202:
197:
195:
190:
188:
183:
182:
179:
166:
157:
156:
151:
145:
143:
140:
139:
134:
131:
128:
126:
123:
122:
117:
114:
109:
104:
101:
97:
92:
87:
86:
81:
73:
70:
67:
66:
62:
58:
55:
54:
50:
47:
46:
42:
39:
34:
29:
22:
577:
567:. Retrieved
554:
542:. Retrieved
527:
502:. Retrieved
492:
483:
450:George Crook
447:
438:
410:Jacob D. Cox
407:
375:
373:
370:(detachment)
338:Union Forces
337:
336:
301:
267:
265:
83:Belligerents
36:Part of the
599: /
472:on May 25.
432:, with the
243:Good's Farm
233:Front Royal
171:12 wounded
162:69 wounded
72:Confederate
614:Categories
587:81°06′06″W
584:37°21′57″N
564:1029855740
544:2021-05-12
476:References
470:Winchester
458:Henry Heth
422:Pearisburg
304:Brig. Gen.
298:Background
248:Cross Keys
164:21 missing
160:23 killed
569:March 25,
454:Lewisburg
444:Aftermath
169:4 killed
158:113 total
525:(1900).
327:Staunton
319:McDowell
315:Monterey
276:Virginia
228:McDowell
167:16 total
56:Location
74:victory
562:
535:
504:15 May
392:Battle
68:Result
278:(now
100:Union
571:2022
560:OCLC
533:ISBN
506:2016
266:The
48:Date
412:'s
286:'s
616::
436:.
378:-
340:-
329:.
317:,
313:,
294:.
274:,
573:.
547:.
508:.
404:.
200:e
193:t
186:v
102:)
98:(
23:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
