Chapter 12

People

Review

Commander of Union forces who had a

reputation for hesitating before making battle

decisions., crossed the Ohio River with 20,000 troops, to protect the B & O Railroad

George B. McClellan

Union General who routed Confederate forces at Philippi

Benjamin F. Kelley

Colonel Benjamin F. Kelly

Southern general, killed at Corrick’s Ford, who was

the first Confederate general killed in the Civil

WarRobert

S.Garnett

General Robert S. Garnett

attacked and defeated the Confederates on Rich

Mountain

William S. Rosecrans

General William S. Rosecrans

Famous governor of Virginia who led the

Confederates at Scary Creek

Henry A. Wise

Union General that was defeated at Scary Creek

Jacob D. Cox

General Jacob D. Cox

      Confederate General that routed Union forces at the Battle

of Forks and Spoons

John B. Floyd

  Confederate General who destroyed the RR at Harpers Ferry,

born in Clarksburg, received his nickname at Bull Run, was killed when shot by one of his own men

at ChancellorsvilleThomas

“Stonewall” Jackson

General Thomas“Stonewall”Jackson

Led a raid confiscating money and large quantities

of arms, native of Cabell County, led his famous raid, was

familiar with the area

Albert G. Jenkins

Albert Jenkins

Boyhood friend of “Stonewall” Jackson who

servedon the Union side in the Civil War, Union General at Fayetteville, retreated leaving

over $1 million worth of supplies behindJoseph A.

J. Lightbur

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JosephA.J.Lightburn

Confederate General led the last major action of the Civil War in

western Virginia

John D. Imbode

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General John D. Imboden

along with General Inboden he lead a raid that hoped to overthrow the Restored

Government of Virginia, During his raid, his troops burned 150,000 barrels of oil at

Burning Springs  William E. Jones

First black to become a major in the United States

Army

Martin R.

Delany

Martin R. Delany

Female spy for the Confederacy from

Martinsburg

Belle Boyd

BelleBoyd

Union officer who was captured and held

hostage; he later served as secretary of the navy and as a West Virginia

senator

Nathan Goff

Nathan Goff

Bushwhacker and spy who rode with the Moccasin

RangersNancy Hart

Nancy Hart

Confederate leader who burned the town of

Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, from the Kanawha Valley, one of the most daring

Confederate Generals, after the war he refused to agree to the restrictions and fled to

Canada, England, and France before returning to WV.

John McCauslan

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John McCausland

Union general from Wheeling who died from

wounds he received at the Battle of South Mountain

Jesse Reno

JesseReno

Commander of Confederate forces who

bought a horse in western Virginia

Robert E. Lee

Union general who resigned after his defeat by Jackson at New Creek

Station

John C. Freemo

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