Statistics for occurrence #1 of “General McClellan” in chapter 1.32, section c.1.32.106, page 284 of Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34.:
...at the little town of Philippi, the county seat of Barbour county, twelve miles south of the Parkersburg branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, on the third day of June, 1861, is where the van of General McClellan 's vast army first struck the Provisional forces of Virginia, under Colonel Porterfield.
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