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16th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Where was the regiment on
Friday, October 24, 1862
Where was the regiment on
Friday, October 24, 1862
THE KANAWHA EXPEDITION - TENMILE CREEK TO BUFFALO, (WEST) VIRGINIA
Blue pin - Portland (Oak Hill), Ohio
Red pin - Raccoon Creek campsite
Green pin - Gallipolis, Ohio
Yellow pin - Tenmile Creek, (West) Virginia
Lavender pin - Buffalo, (West) Virginia
On this day the 16th Ohio resumed its march at 7:00 am, along the Kanawha River toward Charleston. They reached Buffalo, Virginia, camping at or near that place, referred to as a cluster of houses by Cpl. Theodore Wolbach, Company E. They had marched 13 miles this day.
* Some information and italicized quotations from a series of articles entitled Camp and Field - The Old 16th Ohio,, written in the 1880s by Theodore Wolbach, late Corporal in Company E, 16th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
Modern day map of 16th Ohio's march from Tenmile Creek to Buffalo, (West) Virginia, Ohio, October 24, 1862 (positions approximated):
Blue pin - Portland (Oak Hill), Ohio
Red pin - Raccoon Creek campsite
Green pin - Gallipolis, Ohio
Yellow pin - Tenmile Creek, (West) Virginia
Lavender pin - Buffalo, (West) Virginia
An idyllic little town, Buffalo, (West) Virginia, circa 1857-1880 (Presbyterian Church, c. 1857, being roofed)
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