On This Day in West Virginia History, December 13th

December 13, 2022

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Colonel Edward Johnson and General Robert Milroy

On December 13, 1861, Confederate troops of the Army of the Northwest, led by Colonel Edward Johnson, repulsed an attack by a Union force under the command of General Robert Milroy at the Battle of Allegheny Mountain.

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