Battle of Philippi (1861)
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The Battle of Philippi formed part of the Western Virginia Campaign of the American Civil War and was fought in and around Philippi, Virginia, on June 3, 1861. A Union Army victory, it was the first o
Position of McClellan's Advance on the Heights Round Philippi. (This contemporary soldier's sketch shows the disposition of some of Morris's troops just northwest of Philippi on the threshold of the battle.)
Richmond Enquirer June 11, 1861, Confederate troops at Grafton, Va.
James Edward Hangar
"Return of a Foraging Party to Philippi, Virginia," Harper's Weekly, August 17, 1861
George A. Porterfield
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George Alexander Porterfield was a junior officer of United States forces in the Mexican–American War, colonel, in the Confederate States Army during the first year of the American Civil War and longt
Battle of Philippi (1861)
…Western Virginia and placed them under the overall command of Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Morris, commander of Indiana Volunteers. On May 4 Confederate Col. George A. Porterfield had been assigned command of the state forces in northwestern Virginia and ordered to Grafton to take charge of enlistments in the area. As the Union…
George A. Porterfield