Droop Mountain

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(Droop Mountain)

Droop Mountain

November 6, 1863
Pocahontas County, WV
Campaign: Raiding Leeï¿½s Breadbasket

Brig. Gen. William W. Averell, USA
Brig. Gen. John Echols, CSA

Each side had roughly a brigade.

There were about 500 casualties.

In early November, Brig. Gens. W.W. Averell and Alfred Napoleon Alexander Duffiï¿½ embarked on a raid into southwestern Virginia to disrupt the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad. While Duffiï¿½s column destroyed military property en route, Averell encountered and defeated a Confederate brigade under Brig. Gen. John Echols at Droop Mountain. It wasnï¿½t easy; the Confederates fell back through several positions and finally had to be turned out of the strong Droop Mountain position by combined frontal and flank attacks. The Union columns reunited at Lewisburg the next day but were in no condition to continue their raid. After this battle, Confederate resistance in West Virginia collapsed.

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