Battle of Kessler's Cross Lanes

Battle of Kessler's Cross Lanes
Part of the American Civil War
DateAugust 26, 1861 (1861-08-26)
Location
Nicholas County, Virginia (now West Virginia)
38°14′06″N 80°56′06″W / 38.23500°N 80.93500°W / 38.23500; -80.93500
Result Confederate victory
Belligerents
United States United States (Union) Confederate States of America CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Erastus Tyler John B. Floyd
Strength
Approximately 1,000 men 2,000 men[1][better source needed]
Casualties and losses
15 killed
20 wounded
38 captured[2]		 40

The Battle of Kessler's Cross Lanes, also known as the Battle of Cross Lanes, took place on August 26, 1861 in Nicholas County, Virginia (now West Virginia) as part of the Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War.[3]

  1. ^ Rushmore G. Horton (1867). A youth's history of the great Civil War in the United States from 1861 to 1865. Van Evrie, Horton & Co. p. 150.
  2. ^ Stan Cohen (August 1982). The Civil War in West Virginia: a pictorial history. Pictorial Histories Pub. Co. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-933126-17-6. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Kessler's Cross Lanes". CWSAC Battle Summaries. National Park Service. Retrieved January 16, 2017.