Rich Mountain Battlefield

General McClellan marched three brigades of Federal troops into position along nearby Roaring Creek. He ordered a strong scouting party up this road to test the Camp Garnett defenses on July 10, 1861. Withering infantry and artillery fire from the Confederate fortifications convinced McClellan that a direct attack was folly. Instead he plotted to strike Camp Garnett from two directions.

"I have been looking at the camps with my glass - they are strongly entrenched..."

George McClellan

Marker is on Rich Mountain Road / Files Creek Road (County Route 37/8), on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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