Frank Moore, ed. Vol. 2. New York: G. P. Putnam, 1863, pp. 7-8
This morning, Captain Latham, Company B, Second Virginia regiment, accompanied by seventeen of his men, fell in with a company of guerrillas, numbering about thirty, on the Dry Fork of Cheat River, in Randolph county, Va., and after a desperate fight of an hour's duration, completely routed them, killing six and wounding several others, and burning up their quarters and provisions. Though the numbers engaged were small, the firing was so rapid that it was distinctly heard for eight miles. The parties were within thirty steps of each other when the fight commenced, and the rebels, owing to the superiority of their numbers and position, were so confident of success that they fought, for a time, like tigers, but were finally driven entirely off the field. Captain Latham's loss was six men wounded, as follows: Corporal Wm. Jenkins, slightly, in the arm; privates: Frederick Dopp, mortally, shot through the left breast; James M. Pfrom, severely, a ball in each leg, and one through the left hand; James Whitchair, slight wound in the head, a a ball through the right arm; John W. Leese, ball in the leg; Edward Henderson, shot in the left hand.
In a skirmish, on the night of the 5th inst., between the same parties, private A. Watts was slightly wounded in the arm. Wheeling Intelligencer, January 17.
Timeline of West Virginia: Civil War and Statehood: February 1862