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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 186 (search)
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176.-the fight at Greenland Gap, Va.
General Kelley's despatch.
Greenland Gap, Harding County, Va., April 28, 1863. To Lieutenant-Colonel Ch<*>orough, A. A.G.
the affair at this place, on Saturday, was one of the most gallant since the opening of the ar. Greenland Gap is a pass through the Knobley mountain, only wide enough for the road and a small mountain stream.
This gap was guarded by Captain Wallace (Twenty-third Illinois) with a detachment of company G, Twenty-third Illinois regiment, and a small detachment of company H, Thirteenth Virginia infantry, Captain Smith, in all between seventy and eighty men.
Captain Wallace occupied a large church at the west end of and near the mouth of the gap, and Captain Smith held a log-house about a hundred yards distant, both positions commanding the gap. Jones was compelled to capture or dislodge the little band before he could pass.
His troops made three gallant charges, but were each time repulsed with great loss, es