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- IDNO:
- 039089
- Title:
- Union General John Fremont
- Date:
- ca.1861
- Description:
- Fremont was given command of the Mountain Department in Western Virginia in early 1862. He resign his post in the Fall of 1862.
- IDNO:
- 039090
- Title:
- Union General Franz Sigel
- Date:
- ca. 1862
- Description:
- Sigel commanded the Federal forces in the Shenandoah Valley during the Spring of 1864, with many West Virginia units under him. After his defeat at New Market, Virginia, Sigel was reassigned to the Department of West Virginia, protecting the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
- IDNO:
- 039091
- Title:
- Union General Robert H. Milroy
- Date:
- ca. 1862
- Description:
- Milroy commanded the Cheat Mountain District in 1861, losing his first battle at Camp Allegheny. He surprised Stonewall Jackson at the Battle of McDowell in early May of 1862, inflicting heavy casualties.
- IDNO:
- 039092
- Title:
- Union General William S. Rosecrans
- Date:
- ca.1862
- Description:
- Rosecrans was responsible for several Union victories including the Battle of Rich Mountain during the Summer of 1861 in Randolph County, Virginia (West Virginia).
