 Complete the following phrase:  Lying astride the border separating the Union and Confederacy, the Alleghenies were among the areas most directly affected by the American Civil War 18611865. One of the earliest campaigns of the War was fought for control of the Staunton and Parkersburg Turnpike and for the access it provided to the BO Railroad. The Battle of Rich Mountain July 11, 1861 gave the Federals control of the turnpike, of Tygarts Valley, and of all of the territory of western Virginia to the north and west, including the railroad. Union General George McClellans victory in this theater would ultimately bring him promotion to commander the Army of the Potomac. The Federals fortified at Cheat Summit, and the Confederates established strongholds at Camp Bartow and Camp Allegheny. Here they faced each other warily through the fall of 1861 and the following winter. General Robert E. Lees attempt to attack 