Indirect Firing - Fayetteville, WV
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Don.Morfe
N 38° 02.421 W 081° 06.962
17S E 489817 N 4210298
Marker is on Maple Avenue, Fayetteville, WV. It was erected by the West Virginia Department of Culture and History in 1978.
Waymark Code: WM18NRH
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 08/31/2023
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Indirect Firing
Nearby on May 19-20, 1863, Corp. Milton W. Humphreys, gunner in Bryan's Battery, 13th Virginia Light Artillery, C.S.A., made first use of indirect artillery fire in warfare. Target was Union fort in Fayetteville.
Date Installed or Dedicated: 01/01/1978
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: West Virginia Department of Culture and History
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate
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