On hearing of the defeat, Garnett fell back toward Virginia with approximately 4,500 men around midnight that night.

He began to march towards Beverly, but received false information that McClellan's men occupied the town.

Around noon on July 13, Morris overtook Garnett's rear guard at Corrick's Ford on the Cheat River, and attacked the retreating Confederates.

Garnett personally directed the rear guard of the Confederate skirmishers in order to delay the Union attack.

The running skirmish resumed and as Garnett again prepared to retreat, a Union volley killed him instantly.