Col. Abram Piatt Lt-Col. David A. Enyart Lt-Col. John Toland
Col. J. Lucien Davis (WIA)
Units involved
34th Ohio Infantry 1st Kentucky Infantry
Logan County Militia
Strength
750+
200+
Casualties and losses
4 killed 10+ wounded
60 killed and wounded 70+ captured
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Operations in western Virginia
Philippi
Rich Mountain
Corrick's Ford
Scary Creek
Kessler's Cross Lanes
Carnifex Ferry
Cheat Mountain
Kanawha Gap
Greenbrier River
Camp Allegheny
The Battle of Kanawha Gap, also known as the Battle of Chapmanville, was a Civil War battle fought near Chapmanville, West Virginia on September 25, 1861, as part of the Western Virginia campaign.[1] A column of Union soldiers from the Kanawha Brigade commanded by Col. Piatt and Col. Enyart, set out on an expedition from Camp Enyart to attack a Confederate camp near Chapmanville and drive Confederate forces from the Kanawha valley.
^Mackenzie, Scott Alexander (2007). The Civil War in Kanawha County, West Virginia, 1860–1865. Calgary, Alberta: University of Calgary.
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