Wednesday, July 11, 2007
This Day in American History
On this day in 1861, Union troops under McClellan and Rosecrans defeated the Confederate troops under Pegram and Garnett in what was then still western Virginia, at the battle of Rich Mountain. The total casualties were small, under 150, but the Confederates (555 of them) under Pegram had to surrender shortly thereafter. This was part of a string of Union victories which caused West Virginia to secede from Virginia and out of the Confederacy. It was also another victory laurel McClellan plucked off the temples of the commander who deserved it, Rosecrans.
Labels: American Civil War
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 7:26 AM 
