What was the battle of big bethel?

It was a battle fought on June 10,1861 between a Union attacking force of about 4,400 men aiming to seize the Confederate outpost of Big Bethel in Southwestern Virginia, about 10 miles southeast of Fort Monroe. The Federal assault was anticipated by a Rebel army of about 1,700 men, which succeeded in defeating the Unionists, who fell back to Fort Monroe.