On December 13, 1861, Confederate troops of the Army of the Northwest, led by Colonel Edward Johnson, repulsed an attack by a Union force under the command of General Robert Milroy at the Battle of Allegheny Mountain.
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"The Battle of the Top of the Allegheny on
December 13, 1861"
Contemporary Newspaper Accounts
Official Reports on the Battle of Allegheny
Mountain
"The Battle of Alleghany"
Document-Based Questions
On This Day in West Virginia History: December