Camp Piatt
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two-bit Joe
N 38° 15.061 W 081° 33.782
17S E 450735 N 4233816
Civil War camp named for Col. Abraham Piatt
Waymark Code: WMRBY
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/25/2006
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Civil War camp named for Col. Abraham Piatt, Ohio Zouaves. Its strategic location on the James River & Kanawha Turnpike and the Kanawha River aided Union troops guarding the Kanawha Valley and patrolling western Virginia. Future U.S. presidents, Rutherford Hayes and William McKinley of the 23rd Ohio,were stationed here in 1863
Marker Number: KA6
Marker Title: Camp Piatt
Marker Location: Old US 60 (Dupont Avenue), West Belle.
County or Independent City: Kanawha
Marker Program Sponsor: West Virginia Department of Culture and History
Web Site: Not listed
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