Bulltown / Bulltown Battle
N 38° 47.593 W 080° 33.690
17S E 538080 N 4293921
A two sided sign telling us about some battles that occurred near here.
Waymark Code: WMJ0A4
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/04/2013
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Bulltown
Important point in plan of Washington to establish water transportation to West. Salt was made here as early as 1792. Attack by whites in 1772 upon Captain Bull's Indian village here was among the causes of Dunmore's War.
Bulltown Battle
On October 13, 1863, a force of 400 Union troops under Captain W.H. Mattingly, entrenched on the hills to the northeast, repulsed attack of Confederate forces under Colonel W.L. Jackson. Jackson retreated after some loss into Pocahontas County.
Marker Number: none
Marker Title: Bulltown / Bulltown Battle
Marker Location: Bulltown Histopric Area
County or Independent City: Flatwoods, WV
Web Site: [Web Link]
Marker Program Sponsor: West Virginia Division of Archives and History, 2002
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