The Rifle Volley Rust Never Fired - Did Lee's Columns Make It in Time?
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The Rifle Volley Rust Never Fired - Did Lee's Columns Make It in Time?
In this episode, we follow Robert E. Lee’s September 12, 1861 campaign on Cheat Mountain and the stalled operation that depended on one signal. What went wrong with the plan, and how did a quiet morning change the fate of the attack?
Person: Robert E. Lee
Date: September 12, 1861
Location: Cheat Mountain, western Virginia (now West Virginia)
Person: Colonel Albert Rust
Event: Planned six-brigade Confederate assault requiring a rifle volley signal
- Lee personally scouted the ridges and designed a six-brigade, layered attack across Cheat Mountain’s ridges and hollows.
- The operation hinged on one signal: a rifle volley from Rust’s column on the eastern slope to trigger simultaneous movements.
- Rust commanded about 1,500 men on the eastern approach while Anderson held 1,500 on the western approach and Jackson covered the front.
- Special Order Number Twenty-Seven was signed in Rust’s name so he’d feel ownership and the honor-bound responsibility to give the signal.
- Despite being able to reach the attack edge overlooking Fort Milroy, Rust turned his men back and withdrew without firing the initiating volley.
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