Battle of Scary Creek

The Battle of Scary Creek was fought on Wednesday, July 17, 1861 between Union forces commanded by Brig. Gen. Jacob D. Cox and Confederate forces commanded by Brig. Gen. Henry A. Wise in Putnam County, West Virginia.

Opposing Forces

Confederate

Unit	Commander(s)	Strength	Killed	Wounded	Captured
22nd Virginia Infantry Rgt.	Lt. Col. George S. Patton, Sr.
Kanawha Border Rangers	Capt. Albert G. Jenkins

Union

Unit	Commander(s)	Killed	Wounded	Captured
21st Ohio Infantry Rgt.	Col. Jesse S. Norton	4	3	1
12th Ohio Infantry Rgt.	Col. John Lowe	8	1	0
11th Ohio Infantry Rgt.	Col. Charles A. De Villiers	0	0	0
2nd Kentucky Infantry Rgt. (Union)	Col. William E. Woodruff	0	0	0
Cotter’s Ind. Battery Ohio Light Artillery	Capt. Charles S. Cotter	1	0	0
Barnett’s Battery of Ohio Light Artillery	Col. James Barnett	0	0	0
George’s Ind. Company Ohio Cavalry	Capt. John S. George	1	0	0
		14	4	1

Casualties

Name	Unit	Killed	Mortally Wounded	Wounded	Captured
Lt. Col. George S. Patton, Sr.	22nd Virginia			X

Name	Unit	Killed	Mortally Wounded	Wounded	Captured
Col. Jesse S. Norton	21st Ohio			X	X
Cpt. Thomas G. Allen	21st Ohio, Co. D	X
2Lt. Guy Pomeroy	21st Ohio, Co. D		X
Cpl. William Bishop	21st Ohio, Co. K			X
Pvt. George W. C. Blue	21st Ohio, Co. K	X
Pvt. James M. Miller	21st Ohio, Co. K			X
Pvt. Barton Smith	21st Ohio, Co. K		X
Pvt. William P. Taylor	12th Ohio, Co. D	X
Pvt. Warren C. Timberlake	12th Ohio, Co. D		X
Pvt. Jabez Turner	12th Ohio, Co. F	X
Cpt. Joseph L. Hilt	12th Ohio, Co. G			X
Cpl. Frederick Hanford	12th Ohio, Co. G	X
Cpl. Jacob Banker	12th Ohio, Co. G		X
Pvt. Benjamin Hebbel	12th Ohio, Co. G	X
Pvt. John McNeeley	12th Ohio, Co. G	X
Pvt. William Jackson	12th Ohio, Co. I	X
Pvt. John R. Haven	Cotter’s Ind. Battery Ohio Light Artillery		X
Pvt. Richard Lambert	George’s Ind. Company Ohio Cavalry	X

Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866, Vol. 1. Akron: The Werner Company, 1893; Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866, Vol. 2. Cincinnati: Wilstach, Baldwin & Co, 1886.