Contact! Day 1 - Afternoon Phase

On the afternoon of Day One of the campaign, there continues to be contact at Tate's Store, Near Clasor's Ford, and Romney. There is renewed contact at Lowell's Cross Roads and Three Churches, and new contact a the D. Miller Farm between Lowell's Cross Roads and Higginsville.

1. Tate's Store
Company A of the 1st Ohio Cavalry is posted at the junction where Sidling Hill Road meets the Hampshire and Morgan Turnpike. The Pittsylvania Cavalry lurks in the woods immediately south of the junction, still with the apparent intention of either moving north to Paw Paw or simply blocking the Federal horsemen from moving south towards Forks of Cacapon or Spring Gap.

2. Lowell's Cross Roads
After driving off Captain Sterret's Churchville Cavalry in the morning, the Federal command at Lowell's Cross Roads had a brief time to rest before being ordered slightly east on the Old Romney Road to deploy near the Miles Farm. In the afternoon, a column of Confederate infantry and artillery approached from the east and deployed.

3. Near Clasor's Ford
Two opposing cavalry companies (unidentified) met on the Cacapon and North Branch Turnpike during the morning, somewhere near Clasor's Ford. They held their position and observed each other throughout the day. In the afternoon, a second Union cavalry company has arrived from Points Cross Roads, putting the Confederate cavalry in a difficult position.

4. D. Miller Farm
On the afternoon of Day One, opposing cavalry met on the Potomac Turnpike between Lowell's Cross Roads and Higginsville. The units are presumed to be the same cavalry that were at Lowell's Cross Roads in the morning. The Federal company has deployed at a farm owned by D. Miller. The Confederate cavalry is on the opposite side of the Little Cacapon River at the T. Ward farm.

5. Three Churches
After heavy fighting and taking Three Churches in the morning, Colonel Thomas Osborn's Brigade and its supporting artillery rested and tended to their wounded at Three Churches, under plumes of smoke from a burning supply depot. In the afternoon, Confederates have approached from the north on the Jersey Mountain Road and deployed near A. Hines.

6. Romney
Federal infantry under Colonel Erastus B. Tyler fought their way over the covered bridge and then into Romney town during the morning of Day One. Confederate infantry, accompanied by Major General Thomas J. Jackson himself, were forced to surrender the town, but have taken up a defensive position in the woods north of the cemetery and Big Run. The area is still contested.