page_title: Battle of Greenbrier River
section_title: Battle
hierarchical_section_title: Battle of Greenbrier River / Battle
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of battlefield core and study areas. The significantly revised Study Area includes the Federal approach route from Cheat Mountain, the addition of a Core Area representing the skirmish at West Fork Bridge, and setting buffers around both Core Areas.
context_page_description: The Battle of Greenbrier River, also known as the Battle of Camp Bartow, took place on October 3, 1861 in Pocahontas County, Virginia as part of the Operations in Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War.
context_section_description: Reynolds troops began to move at midnight on October 2, 1861 and by daylight they entered Greenbrier, roughly four miles from the Confederate camp.
  At 8 o’clock in the morning the Confederate soldiers guarding the camp left their posts and the Union soldiers entered the Confederate camp. Upon opening fire, the Confederate Army was having trouble working their weapons and while they were trying to fix them they were forced to move out into the open due to the Union armies significant firepower.
  When Colonel John B.Baldwin, who was in charge of the 52nd Virginia Infantry, heard the gunshots he immediately left camp with all of his men and went to help the Confederates. By the time they reached the battlefield they thought it was too late, but when the Union army saw more men coming they continued to fire and the battle continued for approximately five more hours. Reynolds ordered his troops to return to Cheat Mountain breaking off the battle.
caption: Map of Greenbrier River Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program.
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