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Cheat Mountain
Confederate Commander
General Robert E. Lee
September 12-15, 1861
Pocahontas County, Virginia
Union Victory
Forces Engaged: 1,600
Killed: Unknown
Wounded: Unknown
Captured or Missing: 1
Total: Unknown
Operations in Western Virginia (June-December 1861)
Also Called: Cheat Mountain Summit, Elkwater
Confederate Officers
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Brig. Gen. R. Garnett
Col. Turner Ashby
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Confederate Official Records
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Commanding General
Third Arkansas Infantry
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Union Commander
Brig. Gen. Joseph Reynolds
Forces Engaged: 4,500
Killed: 9
Wounded: 2
Captured or Missing: 60
Total: 71
Union Officers
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Col. Nathan Kimball
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Union Official Records
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Commander, First Brigade
Fourteenth Indiana Infantry
Fifteenth Indiana Infantry
Fifteenth Indiana Infantry
Twenty-fourth Ohio Infantry
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