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Photograph, General Robert S. Garnett commanded Confederate troops at Rich Mountain and Laurel Hill, where he was forced to evacuate his positions. He was killed in a rear-guard skirmish on July 13, 1861, at Corrick's Ford (Parsons), becoming the first general killed in the Civil War. David Strahin Collection, West Virginia State Archives


Photographs: 1861

West Virginia Archives and History