Travelers Repose / Blue and Gray
N 38° 32.280 W 079° 46.407
17S E 606898 N 4266222
Tesll of various happenings near here during the civil war.
Waymark Code: WMEJP6
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 06/05/2012
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Travelers' Repose
Made famous in novels of Hergesheimer, Bierce, and others. This is the country of "Tol'able David." On the neighboring hills are the Confederate trenches that guarded their camp in 1861, near which several battles were fought.
Bluse and Gray
Near here was Camp Bartow, fortified by Confederates in 1861. At Greenbrier Bridge, an artillery duel was fought, Oct, 3, 1861. Battle of Allegheny (8 Mi.E.) was fought, Dec. 13, 1861, between armies of Gen. W.L. Jackson and Gen. R.L. Milroy.
Marker Number: none
Marker Title: Travelers' Repose / Blue and Gray
Marker Location: Old Pike Road (County route 3)
County or Independent City: Bartow
Web Site: [Web Link]
Marker Program Sponsor: West Virginia Department of Archives and History, 1974
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