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Battle of Kanawha Gap
Part of the American Civil War

Marker commemorating the Battle of Kanawha Gap
DateSeptember 25, 1861 (1861-09-25)
Location
Kanawha Gap and Chapmanville, West Virginia
Result Union victory
Belligerents
Battle of Kanawha Gap USA United States (Union) Battle of Kanawha Gap CSA CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
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

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.

  1. ^ Mackenzie, Scott Alexander (2007). The Civil War in Kanawha County, West Virginia, 1860–1865. Calgary, Alberta: University of Calgary.

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