He was promoted to brigadier-general among the first, and was brevet-major-general when mustered out in 1865.] No prisoners were taken, nor did any dead or wounded fall into our hands.

Porterfield retreated to Beverly, some thirty miles further to the southeast, and the National forces occupied Philippi.

The telegraphic reports had put the Confederate force at 2000, and their loss at 15 killed.
This implied a considerable list of wounded and prisoners, and the newspapers gave it the air of a considerable victory.

The campaign thus opened with apparent _eclat_ for McClellan (who was personally at Cincinnati), and the "Philippi races," as they were locally called, greatly encouraged the Union men of West Virginia and correspondingly depressed the Secessionists.

[Footnote: Official Records, vol.ii.pp.