The Army of the Kanawha was a small Confederate army early in the American Civil War. Confederate units in the vital Kanawha River valley of western Virginia...
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The Kanawha Division was a Union Army division which could trace its origins back to a brigade originally commanded by Jacob D. Cox. This division served...
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renamed Army of Kentucky) Army of Eastern Kentucky – Humphrey Marshall Army of the Kanawha – Henry A. Wise, John B. Floyd, Robert E. Lee Army of Kentucky...
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Virginia Infantry Regiment "1st Kanawha Infantry": Col Christopher Q. Tompkins 36th Virginia Infantry Regiment "2nd Kanawha Infantry": Col John McCausland...
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Kanawha County (/kəˈnɔːə/ kə-NAW-ə) is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 180,745, making it West Virginia's...
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The Kanawha River (/kəˈnɔːə/ kə-NAW-ə) is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 97 mi (156 km) long, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The largest...
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the Kanawha. The force was next created by order of Ulysses S. Grant on August 1, 1864, in response to a raid by Jubal Early and his Confederate army...
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The Battle of Point Pleasant, also known as the Battle of Kanawha and the Battle of Great Kanawha, was the only major action of Dunmore's War. It was...
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At the time, Crook's field army was named Army of the Kanawha. On August 9, 1864, the field army of the Department of West Virginia was given the title...
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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...
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The Little Kanawha River is a tributary of the Ohio River, 169 mi (269 km) long, in western West Virginia in the United States. Via the Ohio, it is part...
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George Crook (category Union Army generals)
After the Union Army's defeat at Second Bull Run, Crook and his regiment were attached to the Kanawha Division at the start of the Maryland Campaign...
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The Army of the Potomac was the primary field army of the Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. It was created in July 1861 shortly...
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USS Kanawha (AO–1) was the lead ship of her class of replenishment oilers of the United States Navy. She was commissioned in 1915 and sunk on 8 April 1943...
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The Kanawha Valley Campaign of 1862 was Confederate Major General William W. Loring's military campaign to drive the Union Army out of the Kanawha River...
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complete list of current bridges and other crossings of the Kanawha River, and its continuation the New River, from its mouth at the Ohio River to the split between...
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1861, part of the Army of the Kanawha was added. On March 29, 1862, the army at about 23,000 men strong was merged into the Army of the Mississippi in preparation...
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The Kanawha-class oiler was a class of oil tankers of United States Navy and later sold to the Republic of China Navy. Six oilers were ordered for construction...
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The Army of the Tennessee was a Union army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, named for the Tennessee River. A 2005 study of the army states...
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The James River and Kanawha Canal was a partially built canal in Virginia intended to facilitate shipments of passengers and freight by water between...
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the Kanawha River at the town of Gauley Bridge, West Virginia. Part of the Ohio River watershed, it is about 360 miles (580 km) long. The origins of the...
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and in the Kanawha Valley; Lee was subsequently transferred to other duties in November. The other major campaign ended with the First Battle of Bull Run...
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22nd Virginia Infantry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Virginia)
1861. The 22nd Virginia was formed under Captain Patton. Captain Patton later commissioned to be Colonel of the 22nd Virginia in the Army of Kanawha under...
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as the Union Army, the Grand Army of the Republic, the Federal Army, or the Northern Army. It proved essential to the restoration and preservation of the...
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The Kanawha Artillery was an artillery battery of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Originally organized in Charleston, Virginia...
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The Continental Army was the army of the United Colonies representing the Thirteen Colonies and later the United States during the American Revolutionary...
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Albans, in Kanawha County, commandeered a Chesapeake and Ohio freight train, renamed by the miners the "Blue Steel Special", to meet up with the advanced...
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General of the Armies of the United States, more commonly referred to as General of the Armies, is the highest military rank in the United States. The rank...
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District of the Kanawha, was a Union Army district during the American Civil War. Brig. Gen. Jacob D. Cox Oct. 11, 1861 – August 15, 1862 Colonel Joseph...
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Army of the Ohio. The origin of the Army of the Cumberland dates back to the creation of the Army of the Ohio in November 1861, under the command of Brig...
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