OUR LIVING HISTORY Long Point Grille & Bar is pleased to have assisted with this weekends commemoration of the 153rd annual reenactment of the Battle of Carnifex Ferry. The two-day event includes living history demonstrations such as camp life, military drill, and a re-enactment of the Federal assault on the center of the confederate line at the Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park. Nestled on the rim of the Gauley River Canyon near Summersville, West Virginia, Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park is an important Civil War battle site. On September 10, 1861 Union troops led by Brigadier General William S. Rosecrans engaged the Confederates and forced them to evacuate an entrenched position on the Henry Patterson Farm which overlooked Carnifex Ferry. The Confederate commander, Brigadier General John B. Floyd retreated across the ferry to the south side of the Gauley River and on eastward to Meadow Bluff near Lewisburg. This Civil War battle represented the failure of a Confederate drive to regain control of the Kanawha Valley. As a result, the movement for West Virginia statehood proceeded without serious threat from the Confederates.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 01:51:26 +0000
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