 view gallery |   Military Occupation-A Bitter Pill to Swallow - Charleston WV
in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Union and Confederate forces occupied Charleston several times during the Civil War. The town was placed under martial law, and loyalties among the residents were divided. posted by:  Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 8/14/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Battle of Charleston-Downtown Battleground - Charleston WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Leading a combined command of infantry, cavalry, and horse artillery, Loring struck at Federal forces in the Kanawha River Valley. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 8/14/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Camp Hopkins-Memorial to a Friend - Hedgesville WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites In December 1862, Union Gen. Benjamin F. Kelley stationed detachments of the 54th Pennsylvania and 1st West Virginia Infantry regiments here to guard and repair the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, a main supply route between the Ohio River and the national capital region. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 8/14/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Charleston 's Civil War Sites-The Past is Present - Charleston WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Two significant dwellings that stood elsewhere during the Civil War have been relocated to this park for public use: posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 8/14/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Burning Springs Oil Field - Burning Springs WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites On May 9, 1863, Confederate Gen. William E. “Grumble” Jones led his cavalrymen here to Burning Springs (Oiltown) before continuing southeast. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 8/14/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Presidential Presence-Tending to Family, Fort, and Ferry - Charleston WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Camp White, the main Union camp at Charleston, was located directly across the Kanawha River from here. Col. Rutherford B. Hayes, 23rd Ohio Infantry, occupied the camp and Charleston in March 1863. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 8/14/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Jenkins in Buckhannon-The Raiders Strike - Buckhannon WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Confederate Gen. Albert G. Jenkins and his cavalry halted a few miles east of Buckhannon on the Staunton and Parkersburg Turnpike on August 30, 1862. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 8/14/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | McClellan's Buckhannon Camp Prelude to Rich Mountain - Buckhannon WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites In one of the first important Union victories of the Civil War, on July 11, 1861, Union Gen. George B. McClellan’s forces defeated part of Confederate Gen. Robert S Garnett’s command east of here at Rich Mountain. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 8/14/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Henry Patterson House - Keslers Cross Lanes WV in U.S. Civil War Sites Built in the 1850's by Mr. Patterson, this house was caught between opposing armies during the Battle of Carnifex Ferry. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 8/13/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | The Battle of Carnifex Ferry - Keslers Cross Lanes WV in U.S. Civil War Sites 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. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 8/13/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Battle of Bulltown- "Come and take us" - Napier WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites On the hill in front of you are two fortifications that Union Gen. George B. McClellan ordered constructed late in1861. They guarded the wooden covered bridge located here on the Weston and Gauley Bridge Turnpike. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 8/12/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Fight at Bloomery Gap-A Futile Affair - Bloomery WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites A militia brigade under Col. Jacob Sencendiver, 67th Virginia Militia, occupied Bloomery Gap to threaten the railroad and Union-occupied territory near the Potomac River. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 8/12/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Randolph County Jail-Confining the "Bogus State Sheriff" - Beverly WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Encountering Sheriff Jesse Frank Phares on the same mission for the town’s Union Garrison, Harding fired and wounded Phares as he fled back to Beverly. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 8/12/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Barboursville Engagement-Fighting for the Kanawha Valley - Barboursville WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Confederate Gen. Henry A. Wise’s army occupied the Lower Kanawha Valley in June 1861. Union Gen. George B. McClellan assigned the task of driving them out to Gen. Jacob D. Cox, who massed his troops in Gallipolis, Ohio. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 8/12/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Engagement at Arnoldsburg Divided Loyalties - Arnoldsburg WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Early in 1862, the 11th West Virginia Infantry in Spencer established an outpost here in Arnoldsburg to suppress Confederate guerilla activity. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 8/12/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Tyree Tavern-Confederate and Union Headquarters - Ansted WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites During his and Gen. Henry Alexander Wise’s unsuccessful Kanawha Valley campaign, Confederate Gen. John B. Floyd made his headquarters here, August 17-18, 1861. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 8/11/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Clay Kenner House - Rogersville, TN in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Tennessee Civil War Discovery Trail marker in Rogersville, Tennessee. posted by:  saopaulo1 location: Tennessee date approved: 8/11/2020 last visited: 8/11/2020 |
 view gallery | Rogersville Engagements - Rogersville, TN in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Tennessee Civil War Discovery Trail marker on courthouse lawn in Rogersville, Tennessee. posted by: saopaulo1 location: Tennessee date approved: 8/11/2020 last visited: 8/11/2020 |
 view gallery | Westlake Cemetery-Burial Place of Julia Jackson - Ansted WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites This is one of the earliest identified cemeteries west of the Allegheny Mountains. The cemetery is best known for the grave of Julia Beckwith Neale Jackson Woodson, the mother of Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 8/10/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Midlothian Coal Mines - Midlothian, VA in U.S. Civil War Sites The coal from the mine were used by the south for the production of cannons at the nearby Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond. posted by: bluesnote location: Virginia date approved: 8/8/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery |  le chateau de Talmont Saint Hilaire, France
in Historic Forts The ruins of the Chateau de Talmont.
Les ruines du Chateau de Talmont. posted by: sara et gege location: Pays de la Loire, France date approved: 8/6/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Ambush At Anker's Shop - Sterling, Virginia in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Civil War site located in front of the Loudoun campus of Northern Virginia Community College posted by: flyingmoose location: Virginia date approved: 8/3/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery |  Chalmette Battlefield Monument - Chalmette, LA
in Battlefields The Chalmette Battlefield Monument is located in the Chalmette Battlefield section of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve. The Battle of New Orleans took place here in 1815. posted by: denben location: Louisiana date approved: 8/2/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Battle of the Three Trees - Galveston, TX in Battlefields Definitely one of the lesser known battles fought in the state of Texas, but interesting due to one of the "commanders" - the pirate Jean Lafitte. posted by: jhuoni location: Texas date approved: 8/2/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Battle of Hanover - Hanover, PA in Battlefields The Battle of Hanover was a Civil War Battle fought in the middle of town in 1863. posted by: bluesnote location: Pennsylvania date approved: 8/2/2020 last visited: never |
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