Qualla: Battle of Winfield https://qualla.com/battle-of-winfield-west-virginia en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:06 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Winfield https://qualla.com/battle-of-winfield-west-virginia Battle of Winfield: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-winfield-west-virginia/ The Confederate troops who rode toward Winfield on the night of October 26, 1864 outnumbered the Union defenders by more than four to one. They had darkness, surprise, and two experienced commanders. They lost the engagement anyway, in part because the Union company waiting for them - Company D of the 7th West Virginia Cavalry - was made up of men from Putnam County and the surrounding counties. They were defending their own courthouse, in their own town, against an army that had come to take what they had stayed home to protect.

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/v/g/battle-of-winfield-west-virginia-wp/dnvg-battle-of-winfield-why-winfield-mattered.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Winfield: The Night Ride https://qualla.com/battle-of-winfield-west-virginia/ The 425 Confederate troopers approached Winfield under cover of darkness, expecting to surprise a sleeping town. Somewhere on the approach they learned what they had not known when they started: a Union garrison was waiting. Company D of the 7th West Virginia Cavalry, commanded b...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/v/g/battle-of-winfield-west-virginia-wp/dnvg-battle-of-winfield-the-night-ride.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Winfield: A Local Defense https://qualla.com/battle-of-winfield-west-virginia/ What numbers did not capture was who Reynolds's men were. Company D had been recruited from Putnam County and the counties around it. These troopers had grown up along these riverbanks, knew the streets of Winfield, knew the houses behind the courthouse, knew which neighbors had ...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/v/g/battle-of-winfield-west-virginia-wp/dnvg-battle-of-winfield-a-local-defense.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Winfield: What Remained https://qualla.com/battle-of-winfield-west-virginia/ The Battle of Winfield was small by Civil War standards - fewer than a thousand total men engaged, no army wing maneuvering, no famous officers commanding. But it was decisive for the people who lived there. The courthouse stood. Steamboat traffic continued. Putnam County remaine...

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