Military Encounters during the Civil Wars
Civil War Petitions contains the details of hundreds of military events in which soldiers were wounded or killed. These range from the famous clashes at Marston Moor and Naseby to those that remain unmentioned in printed Civil War histories, such as the skirmish at Snaygill near Skipton.
Use the map to browse petitions that mention military events by location. You can use the facets to filter these events by battles, sieges, assaults and other encounters.
Francis Steiphenson: The Life and Death of a 'Russet-Coated' Officer
‘He valiantly spent his life in the opposition of that grand rebellion’: the war widows of combatants in Ireland
‘This horrid kinde of cruelty’: narratives from the Irish theatre of the Wars
‘Your petitioner having much suffered’ – Petitioners to the Court of Wards during the British Civil Wars
Margaret Nightingale: War Widow - and Witch?
The Case for Universal Access and Design: The Example of the Civil War Petitions Project
‘The utter ruin of this poor town’: Quartering Soldiers in Haverfordwest during the Second Civil War.
The Wounded of Naseby
‘Killing a King’: The Sack of Leicester and the Trial of Charles I
