✦ History

Part of American Civil War

First Battle of Kernstown

March 23, 1862 · First Battle of Kernstown

Result Union victory

Jackson's only defeat in the Valley Campaign, which still kept Union troops away from Richmond.

On the map Contemporaries

Union

Confederacy

United States
Confederate States of America
Nathan Kimball military commander Erastus B. Tyler military commander
Stonewall Jackson military commander Richard B. Garnett military commander Turner Ashby military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
6,352–9,0008,500
Casualties
590590
Killed
118118
Wounded
450450
Missing
2222
Strength
2,990–4,2003,800
Casualties
718718
Killed
8080
Wounded
375375
Missing
263263

Units

1st West Virginia Cavalry Regiment 1st West Virginia Infantry Regiment 39th Illinois Infantry Regiment 62nd Ohio Infantry Regiment 67th Ohio Infantry Regiment 7th Indiana Infantry Regiment
Army of the Valley