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- IDNO:
- 017200
- Title:
- Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park Entrance, Pocahontas County, W. Va.
- Description:
- Maintained by the Conservation Commission of State Parks. The battle was fought in November 6, 1863, and was a victory for Union forces commanded by W.W. Averell, sending the Confederate army of John Echols retreating through Lewisburg. This was one of the largest engagements in West Virginia during the Civil War.
- IDNO:
- 030865
- Title:
- Pocahontas County Historic Marker in West Virginia
- Date:
- 1952
- Description:
- "Formed from Bath. Pendleton, and Randolph in 1821. It bears name of Pocahontas, Indian princess, the friend of the Jamestown settlers. Site of Droop Mountain Battle, Nov. 6, 1863. The famous Cranberry Glades are here."
- IDNO:
- 031104
- Title:
- Hillsboro Historic Marker
- Date:
- 1952
- Description:
- Hillsboro marker below Marlinton on U.S Route 219. 'Hillsboro, Here Gen. W. W. Averell camped before the Battle of Droop Mountain after his raid to Salem, Virginia in 1863. Settlements were made in the vicinity in the 1760s by John McNeel and the Kinnisons. Birthplace of Pearl Buck.'
- IDNO:
- 031307
- Title:
- Droop Mountain Marker in Pocahontas County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1952
- Description:
- The marker is on US Rt. 219: Here, November 6, 1863, Union troops, commanded by Gen. W. W. Averell, defeated Confederate forces under Gen. John Echols. This has been considered the most extensive engagement in this State and the site was made a State park in 1929.
