The Battle of Charlestown was a small engagement between Confederate cavalry forces under General John D. Imboden and the Union forces under Colonel Benjamin L. Simpson on October 18 at Charlestown, West Virginia as part of the Mine Run Campaign resulting in a Confederate victory.
The Battle of Charlestown was a small engagement between Confederate cavalry forces under General John D. Imboden under Colonel Benjamin L. Simpson on October 18 at Charlestown, West Virginia as part of the Mine Run Campaign. The Battle of Charlestown was a small engagement between Confederate cavalry forces under the Union forces under Colonel Benjamin L. Simpson on October 18 at Charlestown, West Virginia as part of the Mine Run Campaign. This Mine Run Campaign was resulting in a Confederate victory.