On Carnifex Ferry Crossing (County Route 23) 1 mile south of Summersville Lake Road (West Virginia Route 129), on the right when traveling south.
The Patterson family kept a large cornfield just north of their
house. It was in the cornfield that U.S. Colonel John W. Lowe was
struck and killed by rebel gunfire while shouting his final order
to the men of the 12th Ohio. His death while . . . — — Map (db m164998) HM
On Carnifex Ferry Crossing (County Route 23) 1.1 miles south of Summersville Lake Road, on the left when traveling south.
"We promptly returned the fire, at this time our cannon sent a fearful shot amongst them… Then commenced the fight in earnest. Boom went the cannon of our enemy, the large balls whistling over our heads, our men flat on the ground,… Then came a . . . — — Map (db m165006) HM
On Carnifex Ferry Road (County Route 23) 1.1 miles south of Summersville Lake Road (West Virginia Route 129), on the right when traveling south.
This knoll is believed to be one of the Northern artillery positions. With possibly as many as seven artillery pieces each, the two armies engaged in a fierce bombardment for several hours. The blasts were heard as far away as Summersville. Although . . . — — Map (db m146330) HM
On Carnifex Ferry Crossing Road at County Route 23, on the right when traveling south on Carnifex Ferry Crossing Road.
Used in battle reenactments, these log breastworks stand near the site of the original Confederate entrenchments designated by General Floyd as Camp Gauley. The rebel fortifications consisted of several thousand feet of log breastworks, trenches, . . . — — Map (db m21188) HM
On Carnifex Ferry Crossing Road, 1.3 miles south of State Route 129, on the right when traveling west.
The Civil War battle fought here on September 10, 1861 was named by the Union army after a nearby river ferry. Even though it was over a mile downstream, the ferry was the closest well-known landmark. Constructed by William Carnefix in the early . . . — — Map (db m20845) HM
On Carnifex Ferry Crossing Road, 1.3 miles south of West Virginia Route 129, on the right when traveling west.
Scene of battle, Sept. 10, 1861, between Federal army of Gen. W.S. Rosecrans and Confederate army of Gen. John B. Floyd. Engagement followed defeat of Federals at Cross Lanes, Aug. 26, 1861. State acquired site, Oct. 29, 1935. — — Map (db m169492) HM
On Summersville Lake Road (West Virginia Route 129) at Whitewater Road (County Route 9), on the right when traveling south on Summersville Lake Road.
Site of surprise attack by the Confederates under General John B. Floyd on the early morning of Aug. 26, 1861 against Federal troops of the 7th Ohio Inf., led by Colonel E.B. Tyler. The Federal soldiers were badly defeated and scattered. They lost . . . — — Map (db m76621) HM
On Carnifex Ferry Crossing (County Route 23) 1 mile south of Summersville Lake Road, on the left when traveling south.
Late in the afternoon, as part of an attempt to make a coordinated attack on the Rebel line, several Federal units under the command of Col. William S. Smith were ordered deep into this ravine known as Pierson Hollow. The plan was called off though . . . — — Map (db m169490) HM
On Carnifex Ferry Crossing (County Route 23) 1 mile south of Summersville Lake Road (West Virginia Route 129), on the right when traveling south.
Granville Blevens of Grayson county, Virginia, joined the Confederate Army with his brother, Haywood, and some friends on 5/29/1861 at Wytheville, Virginia. Like many other soldiers, both North and South, Granville died of sickness. He was buried . . . — — Map (db m164999) HM
On West Virginia Route 129 at Whitewater Road (County Route 9), on the left when traveling south on State Route 129.
Keslers Cross Lanes. Here at the crossroads was an area of early settlement and growth. In 1854 Fred Kessler & John Vaughan opened store; Vaughan appointed postmaster. Site of first meeting of Nicholas County Court; significant Civil War . . . — — Map (db m76618) HM
On Summerville Lake Road (State Highway 129) 0.6 miles south of Whitewater Road (County Route 9), on the left when traveling south.
In 1861, both Union and Confederate forces vied for control of Western Virginia. By July, Union Gen. Jacob D. Cox had driven Confederate Gen. Henry A Wise’s army out of the Kanawha Valley and was advancing east on the James River and Kanawha . . . — — Map (db m59197) HM
On Carnifex Ferry Crossing (County Route 23) 1.1 miles south of Summersville Lake Road, on the left when traveling south.
This sunken pathway is a remnant of the old Carnifex Ferry road. The road was an important travel route before the Civil war and into the early 1900's. Under the cover of
darkness, the Confederate army was able to retreat on this narrow trace . . . — — Map (db m165005) HM
Seeking to gain a foothold in Western Virginia from which to conduct military operations, Gen. John B. Floyd, C.S.A. with approx. 1,800 troops established Camp Gauley here on the Patterson Farm about one mile from Carnifex Ferry.
Gen. William . . . — — Map (db m20876) HM
On Carnifex Ferry Crossing (County Route 23), on the left when traveling north.
Most of the lumber used
for the rebuilding of this well
house came from a large
white oak tree that uprooted
during a windstorm in 2000.
The tree grew near the edge of
the woods behind the Patterson
House and was determined to
be . . . — — Map (db m165002) HM
