District of the Kanawha

District of the Kanawha, was a Union Army district during the American Civil War.

Commander

• Brig. Gen. Jacob D. Cox Oct. 11, 1861 – August 15, 1862
• Colonel Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn August 17, 1862 – October 1862
• Major General Jacob D. Cox Oct 1862

Posts in District of the Kanawha

• Post at Point Pleasant 1862
• Buffalo
• Charleston
• Gauley Bridge
• Camp Tompkins (1861–1862), near Gauley Bridge
• Summersville
• Fayetteville
• Fort Toland, (1862–1863), later renamed Fort Scammon.
• Battery McMullan, near Fort Toland
• Raleigh Courthouse (a.k.a. Beckley)

Notes

References

• National Archives, Guide to Federal Records; Records of United States Army Continental Commands, 1821–1920 (Record Group 393), 1817–1940 (bulk 1817–1920)