Battle of Cheat Mountain

September 12–15, 1861 · Pocahontas County

Result Union victory

Robert E. Lee's first campaign of the American Civil War failed when his attack on Union positions on Cheat Mountain in western Virginia fell apart.

Union

Confederacy

Strength and losses

Strength
5,000
Casualties
80
Killed
10
Wounded
14
Strength
3,000
Casualties
c. 9090