Battles fought in West Virginia

37 battles and sieges whose recorded location lies in the US state of West Virginia, ordered by date, from 1756 to 1921. States are assigned from Wikidata coordinates using Natural Earth state boundaries (public domain).

Wars with the most battles here: American Civil War (23), French and Indian War (2), American Revolutionary War (2), West Virginia coal wars (2), Dunmore's War (1).

Civil War battles in West Virginia (23) →

Early modern · 19th century · Interwar · Date not recorded

Early modern (1500–1799) · 5

• Battle of Great Cacapon 1756United States · French and Indian War
• Battle of the Trough 1756United States · French and Indian War
• Battle of Point Pleasant 1774United States · Dunmore's War
• Siege of Fort Henry (1777) 1777United States · American Revolutionary War
• Siege of Fort Henry (1782) 1782United States · American Revolutionary War

19th century (1800–1913) · 28

• Battle of Bolivar Heights 1861United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Camp Allegheny 1861United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Carnifex Ferry 1861United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Cheat Mountain 1861United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Corrick's Ford 1861United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Greenbrier River 1861United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Hoke's Run 1861United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Kessler's Cross Lanes 1861United States
• Battle of Philippi (1861) 1861United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Rich Mountain 1861United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Scary Creek 1861United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Charleston (1862) 1862United States
• Battle of Clark's House 1862United States · Shenandoah Valley Campaign
• Battle of Fayetteville (1862) 1862United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Hancock 1862United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Lewisburg 1862United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Princeton Court House 1862United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Shepherdstown 1862United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Buffington Island 1863United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Bulltown 1863United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Droop Mountain 1863United States · American Civil War
• Battle of White Sulphur Springs 1863United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Kabletown 1864United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Moorefield 1864United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Smithfield Crossing 1864United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Summit Point 1864United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Winfield, West Virginia 1864United States
• Battle of the Grapevine Creek 1888United States

Interwar (1919–1938) · 2

• Battle of Matewan 1920United States · West Virginia coal wars
• Battle of Blair Mountain 1921United States · West Virginia coal wars

Date not recorded (no reliable year in Wikidata) · 2

• Battle of Kanawha Gap United States
• Skirmish at Hanging Rock Pass United States