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The battlefield and Camp Garnett today are owned and protected by the Rich Mountain Battlefield Foundation. [16] The Civil War Trust (a division of the American Battlefield Trust) and its partners, including the foundation, have acquired and preserved 57 acres (0.23 km 2) of the battlefield. [17]
1st Michigan Artillery, Battery A: Lt George Van Pelt. Laurel Hill. BG Thomas A. Morris. Morris' "Indiana" Brigade. BG Thomas A. Morris. 6th Indiana: Col Thomas Turpin Crittenden. 7th Indiana: Col Ebenezer Dumont. 9th Indiana: Col Robert H. Milroy. 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Detachment: Col James Barnett.
Western Virginia campaign. The western Virginia campaign, also known as operations in western Virginia or the Rich Mountain campaign, occurred from May to December 1861 during the American Civil War. Union forces under Major General George B. McClellan invaded the western portion of Virginia to prevent Confederate occupation; this area later ...
4,500. Casualties and losses. 10–53. 20 killed and wounded. 600 missing. The Battle of Corrick's Ford [1] took place on July 13, 1861, on the Cheat River in western Virginia (now the state of West Virginia) as part of the Operations in Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War. By later standards the battle was a minor skirmish.
John Pegram (January 24, 1832 – February 6, 1865) was a career soldier from Virginia who served as an officer in the United States Army and then as a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He became the first former U.S. Army officer to be captured in Confederate service in 1861 and was killed in action near ...
The 10th Indiana Infantry participated in the Western Virginia Campaign, July 6–17 and fought at the Battle of Rich Mountain on July 11. The men remained on duty at Beverly until July 24 and were mustered out of service on August 2, 1861.
After the July 11, 1861, Battle of Rich Mountain, the regiment was severely depleted due to Col. Pegram's surrender of Camp Garnett, as discussed below. Members of 1st Co. A (Upshur Grays) and 1st Co. B (Rockbridge Guards) were dispatched to Hart's Farm under command of Capt. Julius A. DeLagnel to ward off an expected Federal assault.
Battle of Rich Mountain. Battle of Corrick's Ford †. Signature. Robert Selden Garnett (December 16, 1819 – July 13, 1861) was a career military officer, serving in the United States Army until the American Civil War, when he became a Confederate States Army brigadier general. He was the first general officer killed in the Civil War.