District of the Kanawha
District of the Kanawha, was a Union Army District of the Department of Western Virginia. The District was merged into the Mountain Department on March 11, 1862.
Commander
- Brig. Gen. Jacob D. Cox Oct. 11, 1861 – March 11, 1862 [1]
Posts in District of the Kanawha
- Post at Point Pleasant 1862
- Buffalo
- Charleston
- Gauley Bridge
- Camp Tompkins (1861–1862), near Gauley Bridge
- Summersville
- Fayetteville
- Fort Toland, (1862–1863), later renamed Fort Scammon.
- Battery McMullan, near Fort Toland
Notes
- ↑ Eicher, John H., & Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, p. 830, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3
References
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