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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14S0_american-revolution-bicentennial-bell_Princeton-WV.html
From 1879 to 1929, this bell was rung to open court at the Mercer County Courthouse in Princeton. After the courthouse was dismantled in 1929, the bell was used as a dinner bell at the County poor farm at Gardner. Later discarded at the farm, the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP8Y_mcnutt-house_Princeton-WV.html
This house, the home of physician Robert B. McNutt, is the only antebellum dwelling in Princeton. It survived the fire that Col. Walter H. Jenifer of the 8th Virginia Cavalry ignited on May 1, 1862, as he evacuated the town.Jenifer was attempting …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP8W_battle-of-pigeons-roost_Princeton-WV.html
Near a hill south of town on May 17, 1862, Confederate troops led by Maj. Peter Otey surprised and routed a Union regiment commanded by Colonel Louis von Blessing. Federal losses were 18 killed, 56 wounded and 14 captured. Confederate losses were …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP8S_richard-blankenship_Princeton-WV.html
Richard Blankenship, Revolutionary War Soldier, was a member of Major James Robertson's company of New River Valley volunteers who fought at the Battle of Point Pleasant, October 10, 1774. He lived on a 33 acre farm 8 mi. southeast, at Ingleside, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNA5_princeton_Princeton-WV.html
Scene of several actions, May 1862, between Federal troops from General Cox's army and Confederate forces under Jenifer and Wharton. When the Confederates abandoned their camp here, the town was set on fire and partially burned.