165 YEARS AGO: Various detachments of Federal and Confederate forces maneuver toward a confrontation in Unionist western Virginia.
Tag: Robert S. Garnett
Military Maneuvers in Northwestern Virginia
165 YEARS AGO: George B. McClellan comes to take personal command of Federals in western Virginia as Confederates try to strengthen their defenses.
You Have Annihilated Two Armies
In northwestern Virginia, one Confederate commander surrendered his force, and another became the first general killed in action.
The Battle of Rich Mountain
A detachment of George B. McClellan’s Federal army attacks an isolated portion of Robert S. Garnett’s Confederate army near Beverly in northwestern Virginia.
Irksome Delays in Northwestern Virginia
Federals are delayed in their advance against Robert S. Garnett’s Confederates at Laurel Hill and Rich Mountain in northwestern Virginia.