Some of Union
Major General George B McClellan’s men defeated a part of Confederate Brigadier
General Robert Selden Garnett’s force at the Battle of Rich Mountain on July 11th
1861. Garnett moved his remaining 4,500
men around about midnight, falling back toward Beverly, Virginia. They received false information indicating
that Union occupied the town, and so Garnett crossed the Cheat Mountain, moving
into the Cheat River Valley.
Friday, July 13, 2012
False Information And A Moving Fight
On the Cheat
River in what is now West Virginia the Battle of Corrick’s Ford was fought on
July 13th 1861.
As Garnett
moved his men they were being followed by Union Brigadier General Thomas A
Morris’ men. About noon on July 13th
1861 the Union soldiers moved in on the Confederate rear guard at Corrick’s
Ford. Garnett took personal command of
the rear action setting up skirmisher to delay the Union attack. It was during this slow retreat that Garnett
was killed. After Garnett’s death the
Confederates ran, leaving 1 cannon, 40 wagons, and the body of their commander.
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