| West Virginia (Roane County), Spencer — Col. Ruby G. Bradley — U.S. Army Nurse Corps, 30 Years | | | In honor of
Col. Ruby G. Bradley
U.S. Army Nurse Corps, 30 years.
W.W. II, 1941–1945. Prisoner of war 37 months in the Asiatic Pacific Campaign in the Philippine Islands.
Korean War, 1950–1953.Chief Nurse of the emergency hospitals in Tague, Seoul and Pyongyang. Appointed Chief Nurse of the United States 8th Army in Korea.
1991.
Most decorated woman in the history of the United States Army to date. — Map (db m11221) | | West Virginia (Roane County), Spencer — Roane County / Jackson County | | | Roane County. Formed in 1856 from Gilmer, Jackson, and Kanawha. Named for Judge Spencer Roane of Virginia. Land grants to Albert Gallatin and friends in 1787 and 1795, and to the Tiersons and Samuel Hopkins, included most of the county.
Jackson County. Formed in 1831 from Kanawha, Mason and Wood. Named for General Jackson, the seventh President of the United States. Jesse Hughes, noted Indian fighter, spent his declining years in this county, where he is buried. — Map (db m11599) | | West Virginia (Roane County), Spencer — Spencer — The Siege of Spencer — The Blue and Gray Trail | | | In August 1861, a Union militia unit led by Capt. William Pell of Spencer was stationed in Spencer and charged with the area's protection. The first armed conflict consisted of three incidents over 11 days:
1—Confederate guerillas fired on the town from Tanner’s Hill (Schoolhouse Hill). Union troops returned fire and the Confederates fled. Pell ordered the Court House fortified with two-inch lumber and made preparations for siege. An estimated 400 Confederate “Moccasin . . . — Map (db m11447) | | West Virginia (Roane County), Spencer — Spencer — Major Civil War Events Impacting Spencer and Roane County — The Blue and Gray Trail | | | April 12, 1861—Confederates attack Fort Sumter.
April 17, 1861—Virginia Secession Ordinance adopted.
June 19, 1861—Statewide vote on ordinance confirmed. Roane County voted in favor of secession, although majority of future West Virginia counties voted against it.
June 11, 1861—Second Wheeling Convention adopted resolution to organize pro-Union Restored Government of Virginia.
June 24, 186l—Large assembly of Roane Countians . . . — Map (db m13900) | | West Virginia (Roane County), Spencer — Spencer | | | Visited, 1771, by Jesse Hughes, Indian fighter and scout. In 1812, named Tanner’s Cross Roads for Samuel Tanner. To the west on the Marcellus Hart farm is the deepest oil or gas well east of the Mississippi River, 9104 feet. — Map (db m14125) | | West Virginia (Roane County), Spencer — U. S. Civil War — 1861 – 1865 | | | “The memory of those men who went out in their country’s service, whether to the North or to the South, whether returned and buried here, or fell on the field and was laid to rest elsewhere, deserves to be kept.” —William H. Bishop
In the Fall of 1862, Roane County saw its first significant battle of the Civil War. Colonel J. C. Rathbone, with four companies of the 11th West Virginia Union Infantry, arrived to protect the town of Spencer. General Albert G. Jenkins, . . . — Map (db m13933) |
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