Approximately 1,000 men 2,000 men Date 26 August 1861 | 15 killed
20 wounded
38 captured 40 Result Confederate victory | |
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Location Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States Combatants Confederate States of America, Union Similar American Civil War, Battle of Carnifex Ferry, Battle of Camp Allegheny, Battle of Cheat Mountain, Battle of Hoke's Run | ||
Battle of kessler s cross lanes
The Battle of Kessler's Cross Lanes, also known as the Battle of Cross Lanes, took place on August 26, 1861 in Nicholas County, Virginia (now West Virginia) as part of the Operations in Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War.
On August 26, Brig. Gen. John B. 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. During the month, Gen. Robert E. Lee arrived in western Virginia and attempted to coordinate the forces of Brig. Gens. Floyd, Henry A. Wise, Col. Douglas Micklich and William W. Loring.