Campaign : Operations in Western Virginia.
Date : September 12-15, 1861.
Principal Commanders : Brig. Gen. Joseph Reynolds [US]; Gen. Robert E. Lee[CS].
Estimated Casualties : 170 total (US 80; CS 90).
Confederate troops launched an attack Union defenses on the summit of Cheat Mountain and in the Tygart Valley.
Resistence was so strong, Confederate troops believed they confronted an overwhelming force.
In fact, there was only about 300 Union troops.
The attack was eventually called off.
American Civil War
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