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 11th 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

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

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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[1] A total of 17 men killed and 142 wounded was reported.

[2] Also known as Schambeck's Independent Cavalry Company

[3] 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.

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