. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . .There were in them some companies of other material, but these gave thedistinctive character to the regiments as a whole. The colonels and part ofthe field-officers were Kentuckians, but the organizations were Ohio regi-ments in nearly everything but the name. The men were mostly of a roughand reckless class, and gave a good deal of trouble by insubordination; butthey did not lack courage, and, after they had been under discipline for awhile, became good fighting regiments. The t
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . .There were in them some companies of other material, but these gave thedistinctive character to the regiments as a whole. The colonels and part ofthe field-officers were Kentuckians, but the organizations were Ohio regi-ments in nearly everything but the name. The men were mostly of a roughand reckless class, and gave a good deal of trouble by insubordination; butthey did not lack courage, and, after they had been under discipline for awhile, became good fighting regiments. The troops moved the moment transportation could be furnished, andthose going by rail were at Gallipolis and Point Pleasant (the mouth of theGreat Kanawha) on the 10th. My only artillery was a section of 2 bronzerifles, altered from smooth G-j^ounders, and my only cavahy some 30raw recruits, useful only as messengers. Meanwhile, my orders had beenchanged, and in accordance with them I directed the 2d Kentucky to landat Guyandotte, on the Ohio, about 70 miles below the Kanawha, the 138 MCCLELLAN IN IVEST l^ 1st Kentucky to proceed to Ripley, landing at Ravenswood, about 50 milesabove, while with, two and a half regiments I myself should move up theKanawha Valley. The two detachments would join me after a time bylateral roads. My total force, when assembled, would be a httle over threethousand men, the regiments ha^dng the same average strength as those withMcClellan. The opposing force underGreneral Wise was foui thousand by thetime the campaign was fully opened,though somewhat less at the begin-ning, illr The Kanawha River was navigablefor small steamboats about 70 miles, toa point 10 or 12 miles above Charleston,the only important tomi of the regionand lying at the confluence of the Kan-awha and Elk rivers. Steamboats wereplenty, owing to the interruption oftrade, and wagons were wholly lacking,so that my column was accompaniedand partly carried by a fleet of stern-wheel s
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