You searched for City|State: summersville, wv
Showing results 1 to 10 of 10
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HMK_summersville_Summersville-WV.html
Summersville was established in 1820 and made the county seat. Nicholas County, which was settled about 1785, was crossed by the Pocahontas Trail which led from the Greenbrier Valley to the valley of the Great Kanawha.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HK3_nancy-harts-capture_Summersville-WV.html
Nancy Hart, noted, beautiful Confederate spy, was seized July, 1862, leading attack in which most of Summersville was burned. She killed her guard with his pistol and escaped. She was buried on Manning Knob.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G96_keslers-cross-lanes_Summersville-WV.html
Here at the crossroads was an area of early settlement and growth. In 1854 Fred Kessler & John Vaughan opened store; Vaughan appt. postmaster. Site of first meeting of Nicholas County Court; significant Civil War actions of Cross Lanes and Carnife…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM147B_nancy-hart_Summersville-WV.html
The story of Nancy Hart is a blur of fact and legend. Born in Virginia in 1843, she settled with her family first in southwestern Virginia and then in Roane County by the mid-1950s. There, she grew to young adulthood and learned to ride and shoot …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM147A_kesslers-cross-lanes_Summersville-WV.html
In 1861, both Union and Confederate forces vied for control of Western Virginia. By July, Union Gen. Jacob D. Cox had driven Confederate Gen. Henry A Wise's army out of the Kanawha Valley and was advancing east on the James River and Kanawha Turnp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDZA_camp-gauley_Summersville-WV.html
Used in battle reenactments, these log breastworks stand near the site of the original Confederate entrenchments designated by General Floyd as Camp Gauley. The rebel fortifications consisted of several thousand feet of log breastworks, trenches, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDRA_the-battle-of-carnifex-ferry_Summersville-WV.html
Seeking to gain a foothold in Western Virginia from which to conduct military operations, Gen. John B. Floyd, C.S.A. with approx. 1,800 troops established Camp Gauley here on the Patterson Farm about one mile from Carnifex Ferry.
Gen. William R…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDR0_henry-patterson-house_Summersville-WV.html
Built in the 1850's by Mr. Patterson, this house was caught between opposing armies during the Battle of Carnifex Ferry.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDQH_carnefix-ferry_Summersville-WV.html
The Civil War battle fought here on September 10, 1861 was named by the Union army after a nearby river ferry. Even though it was over a mile downstream, the ferry was the closest well-known landmark. Constructed by William Carnefix in the early 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDQF_carnifex-ferry_Summersville-WV.html
Scene of battle, Sept. 10, 1861, between Federal army of Gen. W.S. Rosecrans and Confederate army of Gen. John B. Floyd. Engagement followed defeat of Federals at Cross Lanes, Aug. 26, 1861. State acquired site Oct. 29, 1933.