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In Green Hill Cemetery is the grave of William Porcher Miles, who was a Congressman from SC, a signer of the SC Ordinance of Secession and a member of the Confederate Congress. During the Civil War he served on the staff of General PGT Beauregard …
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This is the home of John Echols, lawyer and general in the Confederate army. A graduate of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia, he also attended the Virginia Military Institute and Harvard University. After John Brown's failed Harpers Fe…
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Gen. Echols was born March 20, 1823 in Lynchburg, Virginia. He entered the Confederate Army from his home in Union. With rank of Lieut. Col., Echols commanded the 27th Virginia Brigade. Staunton Infantry, at Manassas and was severely wounded at Ke…
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In May 1864, as Union Gen. George Crook led his force through Union on a Sunday morning after his victory at Cloyd's Mountain, VA., on May 9, "there was a Sabbath stillness, scarcely anyone to be seen." Although some of the Federals thought that U…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1490_chapman-house_Union-WV.html
This is the Chapman House, built in 1803 and the home of one of Union's most prominent families. Augustus A. Chapman and his son, George Beirne Chapman, both served the Confederacy in the Civil War. Augustus Chapman, an attorney, was twice a m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM148Z_salt-sulphur_Union-WV.html
Opened as a resort in 1820. Main building erected about 1823. Martin Van Buren, Clay, and Calhoun among prominent guests. General Jenkins and other Confederate leaders made headquarters here during several campaign.
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