The following Union Army and Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Carnifex Ferry of the American Civil War on September 10, 1861, in Nicholas County, Virginia (now West Virginia). Abbreviations used Military rank BG = Brigadier General Col = Colonel Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel Cpt = Captain Other w = wounded k = killed Union Forces Army of Occupation BG William S. Rosecrans Confederate Forces Army of the Kanawha BG John Buchanan Floyd 22nd Virginia Infantry Regiment "1st Kanawha Infantry": Col Christopher Q. Tompkins 36th Virginia Infantry Regiment "2nd Kanawha Infantry": Col John McCausland 45th Virginia Infantry Regiment: Col Henry Heth 50th Virginia Infantry Regiment: Col Alexander W. Reynolds 51st Virginia Infantry Regiment: Col Gabriel C. Wharton 51st Virginia Militia Regiment: Ltc William W. Glass Beckett's Cavalry Company: Cpt. Albert J. Beckett Corn's Cavalry Company: Cpt. James M. Corn Virginia Light Artillery "Gauley Artillery": Cpt. Stephen Adams State Volunteer Artillery: Cpt. John H. Guy See also West Virginia in the American Civil War Notes References The Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Ser. 1, Vol. 5, p. 128. Ohio Roster Commission. Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War on the Rebellion, 1861–1865, Compiled Under the Direction of the Roster Commission 12 vol. (Akron, OH: Werner Co.), 1886–1895. Reid, Whitelaw. Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers (Cincinnati, OH: Moore, Wilstach, & Baldwin), 1868. External links Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park American Civil War orders of battle