RICH MOUNTAIN, VA
                                        JULY 11TH, 1861

                     Rich Mountain, Va, July 11, 1861, U.S. Volunteers
                commanded by Brig.-Gen. W. S. Rosecrans.  Gen. Rosecrans, with
                the 8th, 9th and 13th Ind. and 19th Ohio infantry, and
                Burdsal's cavalry, moved against the Confederate position on
                Richmountain, the skirmishes of the 1Oth Ind. being the first
                to encounter the enemy's pickets.  Owing to the dense thickets
                it was sometime before Rosecrans could properly deploy his
                troops.  While he was forming his men in an open space the
                enemy opened a vigorous fire of both artillery and musketry,
                but as soon as the line was formed the Federals advanced
                steadily, causing the Confederates to show signs of wavering,
                when a charge put them to flight, leaving several of the dead
                and wounded on the field.  The Union loss was 11 killed and 35
                wounded.  The enemy's casualties were not learned.

                Source: The Union Army, vol. 6

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