Cross Lanes Battle
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Site of the surprise attack by the Confederates under General John B. Floyd on the early morning of Aug. 26, 1861, against Federal troops of the 7th Ohio Inf., led by Colonel E. B. Tyler. The Federal soldiers were badly defeated and scattered. They lost 132 men, including killed and captured. This surprise attack also known as the Battle of Knives and Forks.
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