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(West Virginia Side):West Virginia(Pocahontas County)"The Mountain State" ~ western part of the Commonwealth of Virginia until June 20, 1863. Settled by the Germans and Scotch-Irish. It became a line of defense between the English and French durin…
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Confederate forces led by Col. Edward Johnson held a fortified camp here in winter of 1861-62. Sharp attack occurred, Dec. 13, 1861, in which the Union troops under Gen. Robert Milroy were beaten off.
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Two miles west on the former Staunton-to-Parkersburg Turnpike is Camp Allegheny, the highest Civil War fortification east of the Mississippi. Its rolling meadows and spectacular views belie a punishing winter climate.
The turnpike was completed…
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Fort George was built in the spring of 1757 by Captain William Preston, acting on orders of Major Andrew Lewis. Local residents assisted in construction of the 80-foot-square log fort located on the land of Wallace Estill. It was never attacked di…
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The Confederate 12th Georgia Infantry Regiment held this exposed crest overlooking McDowell. Milroy's Union troops assaulted this hilltop from two directions - on the left and the right. The Confederates held their ground against repeated attacks …
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Major General Edward Johnson commanded the Confederates on the crest overlooking the town of McDowell. Johnson spread his line along the hilltop, anchoring his right flank on the knoll to your right. Stonewall Jackson remained in the valley below,…
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"? (The 31st Virginia] came close to the 3rd and saluted them, and called them by name, and proceeded with the slaughter."Andrew Price, 3rd Virginia
Most of Stonewall Jackson's Confederates climbed Sitlington's Hill through a ravine off to your…
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In the spring of 1862 Confederate fortunes seemed to have gone from bad to worse. Union forces had won several key battles in the West, while the U.S. Navy was establishing its coastal blockade and Major General George B. McClellan's Army of the P…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAVK_felix-hull-house_McDowell-VA.html
This stately brick house was built about 1855 for Felix hull (ca. 1823-1861) in the Greek Revival style popular in the late antebellum period. During the Civil War, his widow, Eliza Mathews Hull, was living here on 7-8 May 1862 when the house was …
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(Front):Erected byHighland ChapterUnited Daughters ofthe Confederacy1918(Back):To theConfederate SoldiersofHighland County
A Loving Tribute tothe Past, the Present,and the Future