July 2, 1861---The Battle of Falling Waters, Virginia

JULY 2, 1861:  

 The Battle of Falling Waters (The Battle of Hoke’s Run). Union troops cross the Potomac at Martinsburg, Virginia (West Virginia), and engage in a battle with C.S.A. Colonel Thomas Jackson’s cavalry brigade. Jackson engages in a slow tactical retreat, gauging Union troop strength and determination. Casualties are heavy (for this phase of the war) numbering about 100 deaths in total.