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First Confederate victory in Kanawha Valley fought here July 17, 1861. Charge of the Rangers under Captain (later General) Jenkins won the day. Whitelaw Reid described the event as a war correspondent with Gen. Cox's Union forces.
WV 35 0.1 miles south of County Route 33 (Teays Valley Road), 2.7 miles north of US 60, and 0.6 miles south of Exit 44 (St. Alba Putnam County West Virginia
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