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Action in West Virginia and North Carolina
Brigadier General John Floyd, commanding Confederate forces in the Kanawha Valley, crossed the Gauley River to attack Col.
Erastus Tyler's 7th Ohio Regiment encamped at Kessler's Cross Lanes. The Union forces were surprised and routed. Floyd then
withdrew to the river and took up a defensive position at Carnifex Ferry.
An amphibious expedition led by Major General Benjamin Butler and Flag-Officer Silas Stringham, embarked from Fort Monroe to
capture Hatteras Inlet, an important haven for blockade-runners.
The Confederate Congress approved an expenditure of $420,000 for the construction of three gunboats to protect the coast and
rivers of Florida.
President Lincoln and Secretary Seward, accompanied by Gen. McClellan's staff and escort of dragoons, review Gen. McDowell's
army President Lincoln countermands order of Gen. Fremont: "Intelligent gentlemen at Louisville say the presence of Col. Lovell
H. Rousseau's regiment is needed there. Pardon us for countermanding your order to him to join your department."
Brigadier General John Floyd, commanding Confederate forces in the Kanawha Valley, crossed the Gauley River to attack Col.
Erastus Tyler's 7th Ohio Regiment encamped at Kessler's Cross Lanes. The Union forces were surprised and routed. Floyd then
withdrew to the river and took up a defensive position at Carnifex Ferry.
An amphibious expedition led by Major General Benjamin Butler and Flag-Officer Silas Stringham, embarked from Fort Monroe to
capture Hatteras Inlet, an important haven for blockade-runners.
The Confederate Congress approved an expenditure of $420,000 for the construction of three gunboats to protect the coast and
rivers of Florida.
President Lincoln and Secretary Seward, accompanied by Gen. McClellan's staff and escort of dragoons, review Gen. McDowell's
army President Lincoln countermands order of Gen. Fremont: "Intelligent gentlemen at Louisville say the presence of Col. Lovell
H. Rousseau's regiment is needed there. Pardon us for countermanding your order to him to join your department."