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No. 42 W. (19) Tuesday, July 15, 1884. The Battle of Rich Mountain, located in Randolph County was fought July 11, 1861.

13. Confederate Colonel John Pegram's Entrenchments at Foot of Rich Mountain

46 W (21) Tuesday, July 15, 1884.

14. Rich Mountain Gap Looking Northeast Down the Valley

"Settled about 1753 by Robert Files and David Tygart. Files' family was massacred near by.  Site of Westfall's Fort, 1774.  In  Mt. Iser Cemetery are the Union trenches and graves of Confederate soldiers killed in Battle of Rich Mountain."

15. Beverly Historic Marker, Randolph County, W. Va.

"Rich Mountain--At Rich Mountain 5 miles west, July 11, 1861.  Federal forces defeated Confederate troops whose trenches may still be seen.  Military reputations of Gen. Geo. B. McClellan and of Gen. W. S. Rosecrans were established by this victory."

16. Rich Mountain Historic Marker at Beverly, Randolph County, W. Va.