Benjamin Franklin Kelley
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Benjamin Franklin Kelley was an American soldier who served as a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He played a prominent role in several military campaigns in West Virginia and Maryland.
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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 organized land action of the war, though generally viewed as a skirmish rather than a battle.
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