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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN10_civil-war-on-the-beverly-fairmont-turnpike_Belington-WV.html
"A few dozen of us who had been swapping shots with the enemy's skirmishers, grew tired of the result less battle and by a common impulse - and I think without orders or officers, ran forward into the woods and attacked the Confederate works. We d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN0T_meadowville_Belington-WV.html
Meadowville, on the site of an Indian fort built in 1784, is a few miles north. New Jersey colonists settled there before 1800, and tavern, mills, and stores made it a trading center of the Tygarts Valley for a hundred years.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN0S_civil-war_Belington-WV.html
To honor all who servedNorth and SouthApril 12, 1861 to April 9, 1865donated by Laurel Mountain Post 410Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United StatesBelington, West VirginiaMarch 1, 1999
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN0Q_forced-flight_Belington-WV.html
By July 10, 1861, Federal cannons bombarded the interior of Camp Laurel Hill. Confederates may have sought shelter among the boulders nearby. On July 11, General Garnett learned of defeat at Rich Mountain. Fearful of being trapped, Garnett ordered…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN0M_confederate-cemetery_Belington-WV.html
Within this fenced burial ground lie Confederate soldiers who died at Laurel Hill. Their number is unknown. Inscribed headboards once marked the graves.
During the Civil War, disease killed more men than bullets. One soldier reported 14 graves …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN0L_cannons_Belington-WV.html
Confederate artillery was posted here. The cannons were placed behind protective earthworks, still faintly visible today. Their fire swept the Beverly-Fairmont Turnpike below.
Model 1841 6-pounder field guns were used at Camp Laurel Hill. Altho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN0K_battle-of-laurel-hill_Belington-WV.html
Union and Confederate forces clashed along the Beverly-Fairmont Turnpike (the narrow paved road in the foreground) on July 7-11, 1861. Union General Morris was ordered to "amuse" General Garnett at Laurel Hill - to make him believe the main attack…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN0I_laurel-hill_Belington-WV.html
Soldiers of the Confederate Army of the Northwest occupied this ground from June 16 to July 11, 1861. Led by General Robert S. Garnett, a West Point instructor of tactics, they dug fortifications on the Mustoe farm to block the Beverly-Fairmont Tu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN07_camp-laurel-hill_Belington-WV.html
Fortified camp occupied by Confederates under Brig. Gen. Robert S. Garnett. June 16 - July 12, 1861. The scene of sharp skirmishes July 7-11. Garnett retreated early in the morning of July 12 after the Rich Mountain defeat.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN06_camp-belington_Belington-WV.html
Union troops under Brigadier General T.A. Morris, advanced from Philippi on July 7, 1861 and established a fortified camp near this site. Battle of Belington took place July 7-11. Confederates were two miles to east at Laurel Hill.