Historical Markers in Old Fields

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Historical Markers in Old Fields

1 ► West Virginia, Hardy County, Old Fields — Battle of Moorefield — Where the Fighting Started — Reported permanently removed

The Confederate cavalry brigade of Gen. Bradley T. Johnson bivouacked in the fields to your left on August 7, 1864. Willow Wall (built ca. 1830), visible to your left down the road, was Johnson’s headquarters. Johnson’s brigade and that of Gen. . . . — — Map (db m48970) HM

2 ► West Virginia, Hardy County, Old Fields — Battle of Moorefield — Where the Fighting Started —

The Confederate cavalry brigade of Gen. Bradley T. Johnson bivouacked in the fields around you on August 7, 1864. Willow Wall (built ca. 1830), visible to your left down the road, was Johnson's headquarters. Johnson's brigade and that of Gen. . . . — — Map (db m152772) HM

3 ► West Virginia, Hardy County, Old Fields — Fort Pleasant —

Built on lands of Issac Van Meter who took up claim near Old Fields, 1735, and settled there, 1744. In chain of forts which Washington established. For a time it was garrisoned by British regulars. Near it was Battle of the Trough, 1756. — — Map (db m155454) HM

4 ► West Virginia, Hampshire County, Old Fields, Purgitsville — High Knob —

This peak on Hampshire-Hardy line rises a thousand feet above the surrounding hills to a height of more than half a mile. From it can be seen points in three counties. It overlooks "The Trough," famed for its history and scenery. — — Map (db m152775) HM

5 ► West Virginia, Hardy County, Old Fields — Willow Wall —

This U-shaped Georgian-Tidewater house, built 1811-12, was the home of the McNeill family. During the Civil War, McNeill's Rangers, a Southern band of guerillas, used it as a home base. Confederate Gen. Bradley Johnson headquartered here before the . . . — — Map (db m152773) HM

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