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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17DN_philippi_Philippi-WV.html
As Col Benjamin Kelley's Federals pursued the Confederates through Philippi, he was shot in the upper right chest by Col. George A. Porterfield's quartermaster. A surgeon declared it a mortal wound but Kelley recovered. In a show of respect, his m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13UE_battle-of-philippi_Philippi-WV.html
(Preface):In the spring of 1861, Union forces rushed into northwestern Virginia to secure the vital Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, protect important turnpikes, and support Unionists against Confederates. The two sides fought numerous engagements bet…
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/HMN0Z_welcome-to-camp-laurel-hill_Montrose-WV.html
Confederate forces retreated from this area after the "Philippi Races" (June 3, 1861), first land battle of the Civil War. At Huttonsville, 26 miles south, Confederate General Robert S. Garnett took command of the Army of the Northwest. His goal w…
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…
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