The Battle of Greenbrier River, also known as the Battle of Camp Bartow, took place on October 3, 1861 in Pocahontas County, Virginia (present-day West...
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The Greenbrier River is a tributary of the New River, 162 miles (261 km) long, in southeastern West Virginia, in the United States. Via the New, Kanawha...
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9th Indiana Infantry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Union Army from Indiana)
earthworks that were neglected. One of the bodies initially buried at Greenbrier River was that of J.A. Abbott of Bierce's company. After a 1909 visit...
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Greenbrier County (/ˈɡriːnbraɪ.ər/) is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 32,977. Its county seat...
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because the North tended to name battles after landmarks (often rivers or bodies of water), whereas the South named battles after nearby towns. The American...
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Ambrose Bierce (redirect from Oil of Dog)
under fire, of a gravely wounded comrade at the Battle of Rich Mountain. Bierce fought at the Battle of Shiloh (April 1862), a terrifying experience that...
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commander who died at the Battle of First Manassas on July 21, 1861. The Battle of Greenbrier River, also known as the Battle of Camp Bartow, took place...
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West Virginia in the American Civil War (redirect from Western Virginia military operations of the American Civil War)
territory. Battle of Cheat Mountain (September 12–15, 1861), Pocahontas County – Lee is beaten and is recalled to Richmond. Battle of Greenbrier River (October...
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The Battle of Lewisburg occurred in Greenbrier County, Virginia (now part of West Virginia), on May 23, 1862, during the American Civil War. A Union brigade...
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Camp Bartow Historic District (category Battlefields of the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War)
called "Traveller's Repose" (1845, rebuilt 1869) and the site of the Battle of Greenbrier River (1861) — is a national historic district located at Bartow...
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