On August 26, Brigadier General John Floyd, commanding Confederate forces in the Kanawha Valley, crossed the Gauley River to attack Col. Erastus Tyler's 7th Ohio Regiment encamped at Kessler's Cross Lanes.
The Union forces were surprised and routed. Floyd then withdrew to the river and took up a defensive position at Carnifex Ferry.
During the month, General Robert E. Lee arrived in western Virginia and attempted to coordinate the forces of Brigadier Gens. Floyd, Henry Wise, and William W. Loring.
Principal Commanders: Col. Erastus Tyler [US]; Brigadier General John Floyd [CS]
Forces Engaged: Brigades
Estimated Casualties: 285 total (US 245; CS 40)
Kindle Available Robert E.
Lee This book not only offers concise detail but also gives terrific insight into the state of the Union and Confederacy during Lee's life. Lee was truly a one of kind gentleman and American, and had Virginia not been in the south or neutral, he ultimately would have led the Union forces.
Clash of Loyalties: A Border County in the Civil War West Virginia and Appalachia The story of one county in the mountainous Northwest of Virginia, is a telling microcosm of the deep divisions which both caused the war and were caused by it. With a meticulous examination of census and military records this is a compelling account of the passion and violence which tore apart Barbour County and the Nation
Kindle Available Rebels At The Gate The dramatic story of the first
Union victories of the Civil War and the events that caused Virginians to divide their state. In a defiant act to sustain President Lincoln's war effort, Virginia Unionists created their own state government in 1861-destined to become the new state of West Virginia. Their actions blocked what should have been Confederate control of the territory and closed one of their key gateways to the Union
states
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Perfect Steel Trap: Harpers Ferry 1859 Eye-witness accounts of the John Brown insurrection from people like Lee, Brown's family, and ordinary citizens. The information has been gathered by two of the raiders who escaped and live to tell about it Owen Brown and Osborne Anderson. The preparations, the raid, the trials, the executions and
the aftermath of the event
Images of the Civil War in West Virginia This amazing book has over 475 photographs, images, and drawings – all made during the Civil War or very soon thereafter, and all related to West Virginia. This is the largest collection of images ever put together on West Virginia during
the war. In addition to photos, it includes broadsides, veteran reunions, and miscellaneous paper items. Many of these pictures are from private collections and have never before been published. Also includes a short chronology of battles and events, giving a reference for the images. The book is printed on high quality glossy paper. A must for all Civil War buffs
Kindle Available The Divided Family in Civil War America In hundreds of border state households, brothers--and sisters--really did fight one another, while fathers
and sons argued over secession and husbands and wives struggled with opposing national loyalties. Even enslaved men and women found themselves divided over how to respond to the war
Kindle Available Six Years of Hell: Harpers Ferry During the Civil War While Harpers Ferry was an important location during the Civil War, in most Civil War books
it's a sideshow of something larger. John Brown's raid, Lee's invasions of 1862 & 1863 as well as Early's 1864 raid are all covered in depth
Kindle Available A. P. Hill: Lee's Forgotten General Biography of the Confederacy's long-neglected hero
whom Lee ranked next to Jackson and Longstreet. Although the name and deeds ot this gallant Virginian conspicuously punctuate the record of every major campaign of the Army of Northern Virginia
Kindle Available General A.P. Hill: The Story of a Confederate Warrior A Confederate general who ranks with Lee, Jeb Stuart, and Stonewall Jackson. Drawing
extensively on newly unearthed documents, this work provides a gripping battle-by-battle assessment of Hill's role in Antietam
Sources: U.S. National Park Service U.S. Library of Congress.
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