Carnifex Ferry order of battle

The following Union Army and Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Carnifex Ferry of the American Civil War on September 10, 1861, in Nicholas County, Virginia (now West Virginia).

Abbreviations used

Military rank

BG = Brigadier General
Col = Colonel
Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
Cpt = Captain

Other

w = wounded
k = killed

Union Forces

Army of West Virginia

BG William S. Rosecrans^[1]

Brigade	Unit
1st Brigade BG Henry Washington Benham	10th Ohio: Col William Haines Lytle (w), Ltc Herman J. Korff 12th Ohio: Col John W. Lowe (k), Ltc Carr B. White 13th Ohio: Col William Sooy Smith 1st Ohio Battery: Cpt James Ross McMullen Battery (2 rifled guns): Cpt ___ Schneider
2nd Brigade Col Robert Latimer McCook	9th Ohio: Col Charles Sondershoff 28th Ohio: Col Augustus Moor 47th Ohio: Col Frederick Poschner Chicago Dragoons:^[2] Cpt Fred Schambeck
3rd Brigade Col Eliakim Parker Scammon (in reserve}	23rd Ohio: Maj Rutherford B. Hayes 30th Ohio: Col Hugh B. Ewing Mack's battery

Confederate Forces

BG John Buchanan Floyd^[3]

McCausland's Regiment
Tompkins' Regiment
Wharton's Regiment
Beckett's Cavalry
Corn's Cavalry
State Volunteer Artillery: Cpt. John H. Guy

See also

West Virginia in the American Civil War

Notes

↑ A total of 17 men killed and 142 wounded was reported.
↑ Also known as Schambeck's Independent Cavalry Company
↑ The command structure of Floyd's force has never been determined. In addition to these regiments, he also had two unidentified regiments under his command. His total strength is reported as 1,800 men; 20 wounded in action were reported.

References

The Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Ser. 1, Vol. 5, p. 128.
Ohio Roster Commission. Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War on the Rebellion, 1861–1865, Compiled Under the Direction of the Roster Commission 12 vol. (Akron, OH: Werner Co.), 1886-1895.
Reid, Whitelaw. Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers (Cincinnati, OH: Moore, Wilstach, & Baldwin), 1868.

External links

Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park

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