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 | 1862-06-05 | Tranter's Creek | A union artillery bombardment on buildings in which the Confederates were barricaded. The confederate commander was killed and his troops retreated. The Federals did not pursue and returned to their fortifications at Washington. | Read about 'Tranter's Creek' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Tranter's Creek' | |
| 1862-05-31 | 1862-06-01 | Fair Oaks Station | The culmination of an offensive up the Virginia Peninsula by Union Gen George McClellan, in which the Army of the Potomac reached the outskirts of Richmond | Read about 'Fair Oaks Station' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Fair Oaks Station' |
| 1862-05-27 | Slash Church | Elements of Gen Fitz John Porter's V Corps extended north to protect the right flank of Gen George McClellan's Union Army of the Potomac | Read about 'Slash Church' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Slash Church' | |
| 1862-05-25 | Bowers Hill | A Brigade of Jackson's division outflanked and overran the Union position on Bowers Hill. Federal troops panicked and withdrew through Winchester and then north across the Potomac River. | Read about 'Bowers Hill' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Bowers Hill' | |
| 1862-05-23 | Cedarville | Front Royal demonstrated Jackson's use of Valley topography and mobility to unite his own forces while dividing those of his enemies | Read about 'Cedarville' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Cedarville' | |
| 1862-05-15 | Fort Drewry | Five U.S. Navy gunboats, including the ironclads USS Monitor and Galena, steamed up the James River to test the defenses of Richmond. They encountered submerged obstacles and deadly accurate fire from the batteries at Drewry's Bluff. | Read about 'Fort Drewry' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Fort Drewry' | |
| 1862-05-15 | 1862-05-17 | Actions at Wolf Creek | Confederates troops under Gen Humphrey Marshall successfully defend the East Tennessee & Virginia Railroad from the two brigades of Gen Jacob Cox. | Read about 'Actions at Wolf Creek' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Actions at Wolf Creek' |
| 1862-05-08 | Sitlington's Hill | Followed Jackson's tactical defeat, but strategic victory, at the First Battle of Kernstown | Read about 'Sitlington's Hill' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Sitlington's Hill' | |
| 1862-05-07 | Eltham's Landing | Franklin to McClellan "I congratulate myself that we have maintained our position". The skirmish was tactically inconclusive and Franklin missed an opportunity to intercept the Confederate retreat from Williamsburg. | Read about 'Eltham's Landing' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Eltham's Landing' | |
| 1862-05-05 | Fort Magruder | The first pitched battle of the Peninsula Campaign, in which nearly 41,000 Federals and 32,000 Confederates were engaged, fighting an inconclusive battle that ended with the Confederates continuing their withdrawal | Read about 'Fort Magruder' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Fort Magruder' |
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