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West Virginia In The Civil War General Wise Retreats From The Kanawha Valley
General Wise orders a retreat from the Kanawha Valley as Union forces under Cox and Rosecrans close in. Measles ravage Wise Legion, bridges are destroyed, and internal Confederate clashes between Wise and Floyd hinder cooperation. By late August Wise and Floyd unite, but the Kanawha front remains contested with skirmishes at Hawk's Nest and Gauley.
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Boyd B. Stutler
Scary Creek
Wise
Kanawha
Charleston
Jacob D. Cox
William S. Rosecrans
Tygarts Valley
Weston
Sutton
Bulltown
Gauley Bridge
Point Pleasant
Boone
Cabell
Braxton
Nicholas
Greenbrier
Virginia
Richmond Light Infantry Blues
Tyler Mountain
Ohio
Christopher Q. Tompekins
Dunbar
Confeder
Gauley River
Bunger’s Mill
John B. Floyd
Virginia and
Tennessee
W. W. Loring
Army of the Northwest
Richmond
Tompkins
Hunger’s Mill
Wise Legion
Virginia Volunteers
Floyd
White Sulphur Springs
Henry Mason Matthews
Lewisburg
West Virginia
Jefferson Davis
Cox
Gauley
Spy Rock
James River
Kanawha Valley
Laurel Fork
Hawk's Nest
Piggott’s Mill
Summersville
Rosecrans
Hawk’s Nest
Dogwood Gap
Carnifex Ferry
Ansted
Big Sewell Mountain
CSA
President Buchanan
Henry A. Wise
Army of the Kanawha