Timeline of West Virginia: Civil War and Statehood
October 8, 1862
The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives, Illustrative Incidents, Poetry Etc.
Frank Moore, ed. Vol. 5. New York: G. P. Putnam, 1863.
In the Kanawha Valley every able-bodied man that could be found was seized and carried to the rebel camp.:Wheeling Intelligencer.