union won the battle of philippi civil war.
who won the battle of philippi civil war?
union
after the june 3, 1861 battle of philippi (by some reckonings the first land battle of the civil war), the confederate forces, having been routed by the union army in philippi, retreated south. confederate general robert s. garnett moved about 3,500 troops to laurel mountain. the confederates made camp at the foot of the mountain near the laurel mountain road (today a winding single lane dirt road that crosses the mountain and connects the towns of belington and elkins). on july 6, general george b. mcclellan ordered general thomas a. morris to advance from philippi to belington with about 5,000 union troops. skirmishing began on july 7 and lasted for five days (the "battle of laurel hill"), with the union routing the confederate troops. upon hearing of the simultaneous defeat of forces at rich mountain, general garnett retreated with his troops to corrick's ford near parsons where he soon became the first general officer to be killed in the war.
laurel mountain (west virginia)
philippi (disambiguation)





























philippi was an ancient town in macedonia, greece, near the municipality of filippoi.





























philippi may also refer to:





























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bullet::::- caesarea philippi, an ancient roman town in the golan heights





























bullet::::- philippi (caria), an ancient town in caria, now in turkey





























bullet::::- philippi, west virginia, a city in the united states





























bullet::::- philippi, cape town, south africa, one of the larger and newest of the cape's townships





























section::::battles of philippi.





























bullet::::- battle of philippi (42 bc), a roman civil war battle





























bullet::::- battle of philippi (west virginia) (1861), an american civil war battle





























section::::other.





























bullet::::- philippi (surname)
philippi (disambiguation)