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Kessler’s Cross Lanes (1861)
 
War:   American Civil War
 
Also known as:   Cross Lanes
 
Date(s):   26 Aug 1861
 
Location:   Nicholas County, West Virginia, US
 
Outcome:   Confederate victory
 
Description:   Col. Erastus Tyler, USA
Brig. Gen. John Floyd, CSA

Neither side had more than a brigade present.

Losses were light, but lopsided: around 250 for the Union, under 50 for the Confederates.

On August 26, Brig. Gen. 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. Later in the month, Gen. Robert E. Lee arrived in western Virginia and attempted to coordinate the forces of Brig. Gens. Floyd, Henry Wise, and William W. Loring.


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