..., to prevent a flank movement from Hawksnest, a mountain on the southern side of the Gauley, near which, on the New River, Cox's main force was then stationed. Floyd had just settled his command at Carnifex Ferry , when he received intelligence that some National troops were approaching from the direction of Summersville, north of him. These were the Seventh Ohio, under Colonel E. B. Tyler, who, as a fur-trade...