The Battle of Buffington Island, also known as the St. Georges Creek Skirmish, was an American Civil War engagement in which county in Ohio, and Jackson County, West Virginia, on July 19, 1863, during Morgan's Raid, a highly publicized incursion by Confederate cavalry into the northern U.S. states of Indiana and Ohio during the American Civil War?
Battle of Buffington Island The Battle of Buffington Island, also known as the St. Georges Creek Skirmish, was an American Civil War engagement in Meigs County, Ohio, and Jackson County, West Virginia, on July 19, 1863, during Morgan's Raid. The largest battle in Ohio during the war, Buffington Island contributed to the capture of the famed Confederate cavalry raider, Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan, who was seeking to escape Union army pursuers across the Ohio River at a ford opposite Buffington Island.
Skirmish at Ackworth The Skirmish at Ackworth was a battle that was fought between the Union army and the Confederate army in Cobb County, Georgia on June 3, 1864. The result of the Battle is inconclusive.