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District of the Kanawha
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District of the Kanawha, was a Union Army district during the American Civil War.
Commander
- Brig. Gen. Jacob D. Cox Oct. 11, 1861 – August 15, 1862 [1]
- Colonel Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn August 17, 1862 – October 1862[2]
- Major General Jacob D. Cox Oct 1862
Posts in District of the Kanawha

- Post at Point Pleasant 1862
- Buffalo
- Charleston
- Gauley Bridge
- Camp Tompkins (1861–1862), near Gauley Bridge
- Summersville
- Fayetteville
- Fort Toland, (1862–1863), later renamed Fort Scammon.
- Battery McMullan, near Fort Toland
- Raleigh Courthouse (a.k.a. Beckley)
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