Hillsboro - Hillsboro WV
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Don.Morfe
N 38° 08.312 W 080° 12.464
17S E 569428 N 4221482
Here Gen. W.W. Averell camped before the Battle of Droop Mountain and after his raid to Salem, Virginia, in 1863. Marker located on Main Street, Hillsboro WV
Waymark Code: WM18NVN
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/01/2023
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Hillsboro
Here Gen. W.W. Averell camped before the Battle of Droop Mountain and after his raid to Salem, Virginia, in 1863. Settlements were made in the vicinity in the 1760s by John McNeel and the Kinnisons. Birthplace of Pearl Buck.
Date Installed or Dedicated: 01/01/2008
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: West Virginia Archives and History
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union
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