Andrew & Charles Lewis March
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two-bit Joe
N 38° 22.805 W 081° 45.551
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Andrew & Charles Lewis March, Dunbar
Waymark Code: WMT1Y
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 10/02/2006
Views: 26
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: Dunbar, WV 25 at Shawnee Park, 1.7 miles west of Dunbar Exit
County or Independent City: Kanawha
Marker Program Sponsor: West Virginia Department of Culture and History
Marker Number: Not listed
Web Site: Not listed
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