The Battle of Philippi (western Virginia): In the first land battle of the War of Federal Aggression, Brigadier General Thomas A. Morris, commanding a reinforced regiment of the Militia of Indiana, defeats a division of untrained, poorly armed recruits, commanded by Colonel George A. Porterfield, of the Army of the Confederate States.
NOTE: There were 30 casualties on both sides.
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References:
Bruce Catton, The Civil War, (New York: American Heritage, 1960; Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1987), 284.
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