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In 1863, your view from here would have been of a barren, muddy landscape, with crude, smoking huts half buried in the hillsides. The area surrounding the Fort was most likely stripped of timber as the need for open fields of fire, fuel and constr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9FS_the-impregnable-fortress_Petersburg-WV.html
You are now at the western end of Fort Mulligan. The acute angles at this end of the works were clearly designed to be occupied by several artillery pieces to fend off attacks from the Seneca Road and the ravine to the southwest.
Fort Mulligan …
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As you stand here, near the middle of Fort Mulligan, its sheer sizebecomes apparent. It is approximately 700 feet east to west and400 feet north to south at its widest point. Surrounding you arethe Fort's intricate inner works called bombproofs, w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9FE_the-last-days-of-fort-mulligan_Petersburg-WV.html
In December of 1863, Colonel James Mulligan returned toNew Creek and Colonel Joseph Thoburn took command of the1,785 Union soldiers at Petersburg. Confederate Major GeneralFitzhugh Lee's forces began to move on Petersburg on January 3rd, with inte…
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Exploring Fort Mulligan. A trail system with interpretive exhibits describe the Fort's construction, usage and strategic importance during the Civil War. Most of the site is wheelchair accessible, however several areas are inaccessible because of …
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Settled about 1745. Near by was Fort George, Indian fort. Federal trenches overlooked the town in 1863 and 1864. Here is grave of Rev. W. N. Scott, pioneer preacher, who built churches at Old Fields, Morefield, and Petersburg.