e-WV | Key Dates for Battle of Charleston

Aug 11, 1862

Union General Jacob D. Cox and about 5,000 Kanawha Division troops were reassigned to the defense of Washington

Aug 22, 1862

Brigadier General Albert G. Jenkins set out on a daring cavalry raid north of the Kanawha Valley

Sep 10, 1862

General Loring drove back Union troops near Fayetteville

Sep 12, 1862

General Loring’s advance units reached the south side of Kanawha River just east of Charleston, near the present University of Charleston campus

Sep 13, 1862

Confederate artillery and infantry under General Loring drove Union troops from Charleston

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