Mountain Grove

Mountain Grove (HM1BXX)

Location: Warm Springs, VA 24484 Bath County
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 6.14', W 79° 53.237'

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The Mountain Grove community grew up around William Gatewood's plantation in the early 19th century. During the Civil War. Brig. Gen. William W. Averell's Federal cavalry attacked from newly created West Virginia late in 1863 and fought with Confederate cavalry in the river valleys and mountain passes of western Bath County. One skirmish occurred while Gen. Robert E. Lee's family vacationed just a few miles east at Warm Springs. Averell sought to halt mining in the caves near Mountain Grove that provided the Confederates with saltpeter, then needed desperately for gunpowder manufacture. He failed, and soon military activity moved to eastern Virginia.
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HM NumberHM1BXX
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Marker NumberQ-15
Year Placed1998
Placed ByDepartment of Historic Resources
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Date Added Friday, October 3rd, 2014 at 11:47am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 597559 N 4217753
Decimal Degrees38.10233333, -79.88728333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 6.14', W 79° 53.237'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 6' 8.40" N, 79° 53' 14.22" W
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Area Code(s)540
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 4549 Mountain Valley Rd, Warm Springs VA 24484, US
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