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Barbourville and Red house are one and the same...
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After the steamboat seizure near May 25th, former politician Albert Jenkins, sensing an impending conflict, returned to the Barboursville area to begin training a division of Confederate forces to defend Barboursville [2]. On July 13, 1861, citizens of Barboursville and men from Wayne, Lincoln, and Cabell counties gathered on a prominent hill in town. They were commanded by Col. Ferguson of the Jenkins Border Rangers, with additional strength from Capt. James Corn, and the Sandy Rangers. Approximately 600 troops total in strength. Fortifications were made on the hill hence the nickname "Fortification Hill". They faced the 2nd KY Infantry under Col. Woodruff.
On July 14-15, Col. Woodruff and the 2nd KY Inf. advanced on Barboursville. After exchanging a few volleys the over-confident but poorly trained and ill-armed Confederate forces and militia were driven from both the hill and town via a wooden covered bridge nearby. Reports from the defeated Rebels stated that the defenders of the Hill, when seeing the bayonets of the Union's rifles, had feared that the Union had started to "shoot knives at us." This image had frightened the Rebels, causing them to retreat. James Reynolds of Milton (militia) was killed and a reported 5 wounded. Union forces suffered 5 killed 18 wounded. The victors then secured the town. Days later, the same forces clashed in the lower Kanawha near Scary Creek. Later that year in November, Jenkins Rangers sought revenge by ambushing a Union force camped in the port town of Guyandotte near modern-day Huntington and drove the Union out. The Union forces returned and burned about 2/3 of the town.
Battle of Barboursville Historical Marker - Clio
One of the first land battles of the Civil War, The Battle of Barboursville occurred on July 14th, 1861, and is regarded by some as the first land battle of the American Civil War. A second battle occurred here in September of 1862. The first battle was fought between local pro-Confederate...
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After the steamboat seizure near May 25th, former politician Albert Jenkins, sensing an impending conflict, returned to the Barboursville area to begin training a division of Confederate forces to defend Barboursville [2]. On July 13, 1861, citizens of Barboursville and men from Wayne, Lincoln, and Cabell counties gathered on a prominent hill in town. They were commanded by Col. Ferguson of the Jenkins Border Rangers, with additional strength from Capt. James Corn, and the Sandy Rangers. Approximately 600 troops total in strength. Fortifications were made on the hill hence the nickname "Fortification Hill". They faced the 2nd KY Infantry under Col. Woodruff.
On July 14-15, Col. Woodruff and the 2nd KY Inf. advanced on Barboursville. After exchanging a few volleys the over-confident but poorly trained and ill-armed Confederate forces and militia were driven from both the hill and town via a wooden covered bridge nearby. Reports from the defeated Rebels stated that the defenders of the Hill, when seeing the bayonets of the Union's rifles, had feared that the Union had started to "shoot knives at us." This image had frightened the Rebels, causing them to retreat. James Reynolds of Milton (militia) was killed and a reported 5 wounded. Union forces suffered 5 killed 18 wounded. The victors then secured the town. Days later, the same forces clashed in the lower Kanawha near Scary Creek. Later that year in November, Jenkins Rangers sought revenge by ambushing a Union force camped in the port town of Guyandotte near modern-day Huntington and drove the Union out. The Union forces returned and burned about 2/3 of the town.