Hillsboro in Pocahontas County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)
Yankee Army Camp
November 5, 1863
Photographed By Craig Swain, July 10, 2010
1. Yankee Army Camp Marker
Inscription.
Yankee Army Camp. November 5, 1863. John D. Sutton, 10th West Virginia Infantry, wrote, "The army went into camp in the levels between Mill Point and Hillsboro." These fields were later owned by 2nd Lt. Matthew John McNeel, Company F, 19th Virginia Cavalry, and the Capt. Edgar estate. In plain view of his camp was the large, brick home of Col. Paul McNeel, a member for Pocahontas County in the convention at Richmond that declared secession. Col. McNeel's son was a Confederate captain in McNeil's Rangers. Averell reportedly spent the night either in the home of Col. Paul McNeel or in the Presbyterian Manse., Eight-year-old C.L. Stulting lived on the farm with Hermannus and Johannah Staulting (ancestors of Pearl S. Buck). Staulting wrote "around 6 o'clock, we were all sitting around the breakfast table unaware of there being any soldiers in our neighborhood, when we heard the firing of army guns just outside of the house."
John D. Sutton, 10th West Virginia Infantry, wrote, "The army went into camp in the levels between Mill Point and Hillsboro." These fields were later owned by 2nd Lt. Matthew John McNeel, Company F, 19th Virginia Cavalry, and the Capt. Edgar estate. In plain view of his camp was the large, brick home of Col. Paul McNeel, a member for Pocahontas County in the convention at Richmond that declared secession. Col. McNeel's son was a Confederate captain in McNeil's Rangers. Averell reportedly spent the night either in the home of Col. Paul McNeel or in the Presbyterian Manse.
Eight-year-old C.L. Stulting lived on the farm with Hermannus and Johannah Staulting (ancestors of Pearl S. Buck). Staulting wrote "around 6 o'clock, we were all sitting around the breakfast table unaware of there being any soldiers in our neighborhood, when we heard the firing of army guns just outside of the house."
Location. 38° 8.46′ N, 80° 12.235′ W. Marker is in Hillsboro, West Virginia, in Pocahontas
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County. Marker is on Main Street (U.S. 219), on the right when traveling south. Located in front of the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace site. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hillsboro WV 24946, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Showing the nearby location of Droop Mountain battlefield.
Photographed By Craig Swain
3. Markers at the Buck Birthplace Site
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 7, 2010, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,155 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on August 7, 2010, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.