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. RosecransA total of 17 men killed and 142 wounded was reported.

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 Schneider's Provisional Battery (2 rifled guns):Schneider and personnel from the 13th Ohio Cpt William Schneider 2nd Brigade

Col Robert Latimer McCook 9th Ohio: Col Charles Sondershoff 28th Ohio: Col Augustus Moor 47th Ohio: Col Frederick Poschner Chicago Dragoons:Also known as Schambeck's Independent Cavalry Company 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 (New York) Battery

Confederate Forces Army of the Kanawha

BG John Buchanan FloydThe 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.

22nd Virginia Infantry Regiment "1st Kanawha Infantry": Col Christopher Q. Tompkins 36th Virginia Infantry Regiment "2nd Kanawha Infantry": Col John McCausland 45th Virginia Infantry Regiment: Col Henry Heth 50th Virginia Infantry Regiment: Col Alexander W. Reynolds 51st Virginia Infantry Regiment: Col Gabriel C. Wharton 51st Virginia Militia Regiment: Ltc William W. Glass Beckett's Cavalry Company: Cpt. Albert J. Beckett Corn's Cavalry Company: Cpt. James M. Corn Virginia Light Artillery "Gauley Artillery": Cpt. Stephen Adams State Volunteer Artillery: Cpt. John H. Guy

See also

West Virginia in the American Civil War

Notes

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