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Confederate Forces in the 1861 Rich Mountain Campaign |
Appreciation for this list goes to Fritz Haselberger, author of Yanks From The South.)
Philippi - Col. George A. Porterfield
Companies A, D, 9th Battalion, Virginia Infantry
Companies A, F, H, 25th Virginia Infantry
Companies A, B, C, E, H, K, 31st Virginia Infantry
Company F, 11th Virginia Cavalry
Companies H, I, 14th Virginia Cavalry
Barbour Lighthorse Cavalry, Capt. William Jenkins. Disbanded after retreat from
Philippi.
Rich Mountain - Lt. Col. John Pegram
20th Virginia Infantry, Lt. Col. John Pegram
25th Virginia Infantry, Lt. Col. Jonathan M. Heck
44th Virginia Infantry, Col. William C. Scott
Company I, 14th Virginia Cavalry (Churchville Cavalry), Capt. Franklin F. Sterrett
Lee Battery, Capt. Pierce B. Anderson, four brass 6-pounders
Laurel Hill - Brig. Gen. Robert S. Garnett
1st Georgia Infantry, Col. James N. Ramsey
9th Battalion, Virginia Infantry, Maj. George W. Hansborough
23rd Virginia Infantry, Col. William B. Taliaferro
31st Virginia Infantry, Lt. Col. William L. Jackson
37th Virginia Infantry, Col. Samuel P. Fulkerson
Danville Artillery, Capt. Lindsay M. Shumaker, one rifled brass 6-pounder, three brass
6-pounders, and two iron 6-pounders
Capt. John G. Smith's Squadron of Cavalry
Company E, 6th Virginia Cavalry (Pittsylvania Dragoons), Capt. Cabel E.
Flournoy
Company B, 14th Virginia Cavalry (Charlotte Cavalry), Capt. John G. Smith
Capt. George Jackson's Squadron of Cavalry
Company F, 11th Virginia Cavalry (Bath Cavalry), Capt. A.T. Richard
Company H, 14th Virginia Cavalry (Rockbridge Dragoons No. 1), Capt. John R.
McNutt
Greenbrier Cavalry No. 1, Capt. Robert B. Moorman
Cheat Mountain
12th Georgia Infantry, Col. Edward "Allegheny" Johnson
Staunton
3rd Arkansas Infantry, Col. Albert Rust
6th North Carolina Infantry, Col. Stephen Lee