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Views in and Around Martinsburg, Virginia by A. R. Waud (Harper's Weekly, December 3, 1864) The U.S. state of West Virginia was formed out of western Virginia and added to the Union as a direct result of the American Civil War (see History of West Virginia), in which it became the only modern state to have declared its independence from the ...
Confederate Cemetery at Lewisburg (also known as Confederate Burial Grounds) is a historic cemetery located at Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The cemetery is the final resting place of 95 unknown Confederate soldiers from the Battles of Lewisburg (May 23, 1862) and Droop Mountain (November 6, 1863). They are buried in a three-foot ...
The western Virginia campaign, also known as operations in western Virginia or the Rich Mountain campaign, occurred from May to December 1861 during the American Civil War. Union forces under Major General George B. McClellan invaded the western portion of Virginia to prevent Confederate occupation; this area later became the state of West ...
Washington Bottom Farm. West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. Weston and Gauley Bridge Turnpike. White House Farm (Jefferson County, West Virginia) White Top. Willow Wall. The Willows (Moorefield, West Virginia) Categories: American Civil War sites.
Hampshire County, West Virginia. The Confederate Memorial in 2010. For the men of Hampshire County who died fighting for the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War. Unveiled. September 26, 1867; 156 years ago. ( 1867-09-26) Location. 39°20′33″N 78°45′56″W.
The Battle of Cheat Mountain, also known as the Battle of Cheat Summit Fort, took place from September 12 to 15, 1861, in Pocahontas County and Randolph County, Virginia (now West Virginia) as part of the Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War. It was the first battle of the Civil War in which Robert E. Lee led troops into combat.
Of the more than 1503 public monuments and memorials to the Confederacy, more than 718 are monuments and statues. Nearly 300 monuments and statues are in Georgia, Virginia, or North Carolina. The western states that were largely settled after the Civil War have few or no memorials to the Confederacy.
Virginia State Line & Other Units. 67th Regiment Virginia Militia (Berkeley) 89th Regiment Virginia Militia (Morgan) 151st Regiment Virginia Militia (Mercer) 167th Regiment Virginia Militia (Wayne. Changed to Union in 1862 by Restored Govt of VA) 190th Regiment Virginia Militia (Wyoming) 1st VSL, Capt. Daniel Elkins Co, Co. B (Boone) 1st VSL ...