Battle of Carnifex Ferry

Battle of Carnifex Ferry
	Part of the American Civil War
	; Patterson House
Date	September 10, 1861
Location	Nicholas County, Virginia (now West Virginia)38°12′32″N 80°56′19″W / 38.20889°N 80.93861°W
Result	Union victory
Belligerents
United States of America (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
William S. Rosecrans	John B. Floyd
Strength
~5,000	~2,000
Casualties and losses
17 killed; 141 wounded	unknown killed; 30 wounded

The Battle of Carnifex Ferry took place on September 10, 1861 in Nicholas County, Virginia (now West Virginia), as part of the Operations in Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War. The battle resulted in a Union strategic victory that contributed to the eventual Confederate withdrawal from western Virginia, which in turn led to the creation of the State of West Virginia two years later.

The battle took its name from a former settlement, which was named after the local Carnefix family.^[2]

^ CWSAC Battle Summary, National Park Service Archived February 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 156.

[1] CWSAC Battle Summary, National Park Service Archived February 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[2] Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 156.

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