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Greenbrier River (1861)
 
War:   American Civil War
 
Also known as:   Camp Bartow
 
Date(s):   3 Oct 1861
 
Location:   Pocahontas County, West Virginia, US
 
Outcome:   Inconclusive
 
Description:   Brig. Gen. Joseph Reynolds, USA
Brig. Gen. Henry R. Jackson, CSA

Both sides had brigade-strength forces.

Each side lost about 40 men.

During the night of October 2-3, Brig. Gen. Joseph Reynolds led two brigades forward from Cheat Mountain to reconnoiter the Confederate position at Camp Bartow on the Greenbrier River.

Reynolds drove in the Confederate pickets and opened fire with his artillery. After sporadic fighting and an abortive attempt to turn his enemy’s right flank, Reynolds withdrew to Cheat Mountain.


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