Kanawha

The Kanawha River meets the Ohio at Point Pleasant, where the two rivers enclose a low stretch of land. In October 1774 a Virginia force under Andrew Lewis reached the junction during Lord Dunmore's War. Shawnee leader Cornstalk crossed the Ohio with warriors to attack before Lewis could join a second army. A fierce battle followed on 10 October; by evening Cornstalk's force had withdrawn across the river.