Andrew & Charles Lewis March
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two-bit Joe
N 38° 31.713 W 081° 51.430
17S E 425285 N 4264809
Andrew & Charles Lewis March, Putnam Co., WV
Waymark Code: WM18K9
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 02/24/2007
Views: 27
The nearby highway is part of route traversing W. Va. From Lewisburg to Point Pleasant memorialized by the state to commemorate the march of the American Colonial army of 1,200 men led by Andrew & Charles Lewis. After a month’s march this army defeated a Shawnee Indian force led by Cornstalk at the Battle of Point Pleasant on the banks of the Ohio & Kanawha rivers, October 10, 1774.
Marker Title: Andrew & Charles Lewis March
Marker Location: WV 62 at roadside park west of Bancroft, 6.7 miles west of WV 25, 3.3 miles east of Winfield Bridge (WV 34)
County or Independent City: Putnam
Marker Program Sponsor: West Virginia Department of Culture and History 1982
Marker Number: Not listed
Web Site: Not listed
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