This division served in western Virginia and Maryland and was at times led by such famous personalities as George Crook and Rutherford B.
In preparation for the upcoming battle of Second Bull Run, Cox and the Kanawha Division were transferred to the Army of Virginia.
Only one brigade under Col. Eliakim P. Scammon was involved in the engagement and that was only in the preliminary fighting near Bull Run Bridge on August 27.
The Kanawha Division's two brigades were now commanded by Col. Hugh Ewing (succeeding Scammon) and Col. George Crook (replacing Moor, who had been captured Sept 13).
[4] After Antietam, Cox was transferred to duty in the Department of the Ohio and the Kanawha Division returned to West Virginia.
One noteworthy unit to come out of the division at this time was the so-called Blazer's Scouts created by Colonel Carr B.
One of the division's brigade commanders, Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes, scorned Scammon for his cautious nature and the resulting inactivity.
Crook's "army" joined Philip H. Sheridan's forces outside Winchester, Virginia under the banner of the VIII Corps.
Colonel Duval continued in command of the Kanawha Division at the battle of Opequon and was initially held in reserve.
At a critical point in the fighting the division was called forward and the brigade of Colonel Hayes made a charge against the Confederate flank.
During the fighting Colonel Duval was wounded and Hayes assumed command of the Kanawha Division.
Despite this poor showing of Hayes and the Kanawha Division, earlier successes in the campaign assured their reputations would escape any permanent blemish.