Battle of Cheat Mountain order of battle

The following Union Army and Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Cheat Mountain of the American Civil War on September 12 and 13, 1861 in present-day West Virginia.

Abbreviations used

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Military rank

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Other

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  • w = wounded
  • k = killed

Union Forces

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Cheat Mountain District

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BG Joseph J. Reynolds[1]

Brigade Unit
1st Brigade

   BG Joseph J. Reynolds

Artillery
Cavalry
  • Bracken's Indiana Cavalry
  • 1st Ohio Cavalry, Company A
  • 1st Ohio Cavalry, Company C

Confederate Forces

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Army of the Northwest

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Gen Robert E. Lee[2]

Brigade Unit
1st Brigade

   BG Henry R. Jackson[3]

2nd Brigade

   BG Samuel R. Anderson[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Eicher p.451
  2. ^ Eicher p.889
  3. ^ Eicher p.315
  4. ^ Eicher p.106
  • Eicher, John H., & Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
  • Lesser, W. Hunter, Rebels at the Gate: Lee and McClellan on the Front Line of a Nation Divided, Sourcebooks, 2004, ISBN 978-1570717475.
  • Newell, Clayton R., Lee vs. McClellan: The First Campaign, Regnery Publishing, 1996, ISBN 0-89526-452-8.
  • The Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Ser. 1, Vol. 5, p. 184.