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Battle of Rowlesburg by Markers (including new version of this marker in a new location).
 
By Craig Swain, July 24, 2010
Map of Battle Area
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► West Virginia, Preston County, Rowlesburg — Battle of Rowlesburg: "The River Road" —
On River Road (State Highway 72) 0.6 miles north of Northwestern Turnpike (U.S. 50), on the right when traveling north.
You are standing less than a mile from an important battle site in the Civil War. Just ahead a handful of determined Union troops and townspeople would thwart the Confederate Raiders. Though small in scale compared to Gettysburg and Antietam, the . . . — — Map (db m253598) HM
2 ► West Virginia, Preston County, Rowlesburg — Battle of Rowlesburg — April 26, 1863 — Establishing a Defense of the B&O
On Poplar Street at South Buffalo Street (West Virginia Route 72), on the left when traveling east on Poplar Street. Reported missing.
Hills Headquarters "Rowlesburg, the headquaters of General Hill in Western Virginia, is situated in a deep gorge in the Alleghenies, at a point where the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad crosses Cheat River. The scenery around it is bold, grand, and . . . — — Map (db m256096) HM
3 ► West Virginia, Preston County, Rowlesburg — The 1841 Mountain Howitzer, thought to be the type used in Rowlesburg during the Civil War —
On East Main Street west of North Diamond Street, on the right when traveling west.
A howitzer (as illustrated above by Peter W. Gaut) is a short-barreled, large-caliber cannon designed to throw shells at a higher trajectory than regular field guns. This makes them useful against enemy troops behind fortifications or concealed . . . — — Map (db m198732) HM
4 ► West Virginia, Preston County, Rowlesburg — Cannon Hill —
On Catherine Street (State Highway 72) at Buffalo Street, on the right when traveling west on Catherine Street.
The hilltop area located above and to the right of where you are standing is Cannon Hill. In April 1863, the cannons located there defended Rowlesburg and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad during a Civil War skirmish. The B&O Railroad crossed the . . . — — Map (db m34041) HM
5 ► West Virginia, Preston County, Rowlesburg — B&O Viaducts —
On State Highway 72, on the right when traveling south.
To S on B&O Railroad is Buckeye Run Viaduct, 136' high, 350' long & 28' wide. Tray Run Viaduct, .6 mi. NW is 148' high, 445' long and 28' wide. Noted engineers Benjamin Latrobe & Albert Fink designed the viaducts. Built 1852 to carry main line, the . . . — — Map (db m33983) HM
6 ► West Virginia, Preston County, Rowlesburg — Battle of Rowlesburg — April 26, 1863 — Establishing a Defense of the B&O —
On East Main Street at North Diamond Street, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street.
Hills Headquarters "Rowlesburg, the headquaters of General Hill in Western Virginia, is situated in a deep gorge in the Alleghenies, at a point where the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad crosses Cheat River. The scenery around it is bold, grand, and . . . — — Map (db m199725) HM
 
 
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