• Source: Battle of Bunker Hill (1861)

The Battle of Bunker Hill was a small skirmish near Bunker Hill, West Virginia, on July 15, 1861, as part of the Manassas Campaign of 1861.




Background


In early June and July 1861, Union forces under General Robert Patterson advanced through the Shenandoah Valley area of Virginia (modern West Virginia), capturing and occupying towns and villages and skirmishing with local Confederate Militia.




Skirmish


On July 15 a Union force advanced on Bunker Hill and came into contact with a small force of Confederate cavalrymen. In the ensuing skirmish, the Union forces drove the Confederates from the town and occupied the area before proceeding to Charles Town.




Order of battle


The following units were involved in the advance on and skirmish of Bunker Hill.




= Union

=
10th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
17th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment - Colonel Francis E. Patterson
21st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment – Col. John F. Ballier
23rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment – Col. Charles P. Dare
11th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment – Col. Phaon Jarrett
McMullin's [McMullen's] Company, Pennsylvania Independent Rangers – Capt. William McMullen
1st Rhode Island Battery – Capt. Charles H. Tompkins
2nd U.S. Cavalry – detachment




= Confederate

=
Virginia Militia Cavalry




References

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• Korps Marinir Amerika Serikat
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• Battle of Bunker Hill (1861)
• Battle of Hoke's Run
• Fort Bunker Hill
• 1st Rhode Island Battery
• Charlestown, Boston
• Bunker Hill, West Virginia
• 11th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
• Thomas Knowlton
• 6th New York Cavalry Regiment
• 23rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment