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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21H5_alleghany-county-confederate-soldiers-monument-a-war-memorial_Covington-VA.html
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To the Confederate Soldiers of Alleghany County.
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"They fought for liberty, home and those they loved, their names are borne on honor's shield and their record is with God."
Erected in loving tribute by the Alleghany Chapter,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21H4_alleghanys-heroic-dead-a-war-memorial_Covington-VA.html
They died, that we might live.
Marion Landes
Bedford Carlisle Lam
Roy Hedrick Bush
Wilbur McKinley Rose
Almer Roy Dew
Earl Howard Tyree
Mordiant Burnette Kelly
Roy Alexander Byers
James M. Nicely
Charles Ashby Coleman
Alvey Roy Leffel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21H3_alleghanys-heroic-dead-a-war-memorial_Covington-VA.html
They died that we might live
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21H2_alleghanys-heroic-dead-a-war-memorial_Covington-VA.html
Who served in the
Korean War 1950-1955
Vietnam Conflict 1964-1975
The Medal of Honor
awarded to
Michael Fleming Folland
Gary Lee Miller
Korean War
June 27, 1950 to Jan. 31, 1955
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Vietnam Conflict
Aug. 5, 1964 to May 7, 1975
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21FI_averells-salem-raid_Covington-VA.html
In December 1863, Union Gen. William W. Averell's 2,500 cavalrymen raided Salem, Virginia, to disrupt the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad supply line to Confederate Gen. James Longstreet, who was besieging Knoxville, Tennessee. After the raid, Ave…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21FD_peters-mountain-lick-mountain-gap_Covington-VA.html
Through the gap between Peters Mountain on the left and Lick Mountain on the right lies the road to the Kanawha used by emigrants traveling west to the Mississippi basin. The road in the valley below follows the route Washington used when inspecti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KWC_fort-young_Covington-VA.html
Constructed nearby about 1756 as a wooden palisaded fort, Fort Young, originally known as Dickinson's Fort, stood near the Jackson River. It was one in a series of forts authorized by the Virginia General Assembly to be built on the frontier to pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GW1_the-road-to-the-kanawha_Covington-VA.html
Through the gap between Peters Mountain on the left and Lick Mountain lies the road to the Kanawha used by emigrants traveling west to the Mississippi basin. The road in the valley below follows the route Washington used when inspecting the forts …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV80_humpback-bridge_Covington-VA.html
Humpback Bridge constructed of hand hewn timbers in 1835 for the James River Kanawha Turnpike Corporation remained in public use until 1929.
In 1953, through the efforts of the Covington Business and Professional Women's Club, the Chamber of Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV7P_west-virginia-alleghany-county-virginia_Covington-VA.html
(obverse)West Virginia
West Virginia was long a part of Virginia. Morgan Morgan began the settlement of the region in 1727. A great battle with the Indians took place at Point Pleasant in 1774. West Virginia became a separate state of the Union…