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• Gauley River

  … and timber barons brought workers in at the end of the 19th century to extract the rich resources. A Civil War battle took place on the mountain above the juncture of the Meadow River with the Gauley, on September …

• Giles, Fayette & Kanawha Turnpike

  … was valuable as a trade route and important because of its strategic value during the Civil War. Traveled by both Union and Confederate troops during the war, the turnpike took on particular significance in September 1862. …

• Gilmer County

  … peaked in 1940 and has declined since that time. Gilmer County had mixed allegiances during the Civil War and suffered from guerrilla warfare. Fort Moore, a Union stockade, overlooked the Little Kanawha River …

• Glen Ferris Inn

  … River & Kanawha Turnpike":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/964, now U.S. 60. During the Civil War, the building was a U.S. Army quartermaster depot from July through December, 1861. It was …

• Nathan Goff Jr.

  … (now Georgetown University) in Washington. Goff left Georgetown in 1861 to join the Union service in the Civil War, enlisting as a private and rising to the rank of major and brevet brigadier general. He was …

• Grafton

  … in the reconciliation movement after the war. The railroad brought boom-town prosperity … was dedicated in 1868 to inter "Civil War":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193 dead. Veterans of later wars were added, and the cemetery reached …

• Grafton National Cemetery

  … a Union veterans organization, Burdett had toured Civil War battlegrounds of the area, and … to establish a common cemetery for war dead. After Congress approved the bill … original bodies interred at Grafton represented war dead from 32 West Virginia counties …

• Grand Army of the Republic

  … for Union veterans of the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … the preeminent veterans’ organization arising from the Civil War, its membership grew slowly at … the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Although attempts to organize a …

• Grant County

  … , often Unionist in sentiment during the Civil War, composed a major portion of … James A. Mulligan were there during the Civil War. Mulligan, commander of the 23rd … Veterans and Sons of Union Veterans, the Civil War Preservation Trust purchased the historic …

• Greenbrier County

  … Virginia. Formed during the "Revolutionary War":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles … of the sheriff.’’ During the "Civil War":https://www.wvencyclopedia. … the American Expeditionary Force during World War I. He continued to serve …

• Flat Top Mountain

  … people per square mile. A branch of the Buffalo Trail extended along the mountain, and in the Civil War Union and Confederate lines extended across the Alleghenies from Flat Top to Sewell to Cheat mountains. The …

• Flick Amendment

  Following the Civil War, former Confederates were barred from voting in West Virginia and the voting rights of African-Americans were not assured. The divergent issues were brought together in the Flick Amendment. It happened as the …

• John B. Floyd

  … in 1848. He was appointed U.S. secretary of war in 1857 and resigned that post on December 29 … by transferring arms from northern to southern arsenals in anticipation of secession. When the Civil War began, Floyd quickly raised a brigade for Confederate …

• Charles James Faulkner

  … France for 14 months before the Civil War. In 1861, he delivered his last report to Secretary of … traded for another prisoner. During the Civil War, Faulkner served on " … staff, primarily writing reports. After the war and the creation of West …

• Fayette County

  … 3,924 residents. On the eve of the Civil War, the county had 5,997 residents in 1860, 271 of whom were … of colorful, powerful, and notable people. The Civil War years pitted Confederate "William D. Thurmond":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org …

• Fayetteville

  … ://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2108, the town remained small until after the "Civil War":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … Fortified and attacked by both sides during the war, the town was devastated and its courthouse …

• Feuds

  … and closely followed by the "Mine Wars":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1799 … part in the guerrilla warfare of the Civil War era, then as feudists, and … of feuding have been profound. The private wars fought by the Hatfields, McCoys, and …

• The Law

  … Early issues arose out of the Civil War’s after effects. ‘‘Test … human rights complaints. Another long-standing civil action, _Crain v. Bordenkircher_ (1986– … consumer law, mine safety, the environment, civil rights, mental health institutions and …

• Shepherdstown

  … at the beginning of the "Revolutionary War":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/70. … /articles/141 at Shepherdstown in 1787. The Civil War Battle of Antietam was fought nearby … county seat in the aftermath of the Civil War, from 1865 to 1871. & …

• The Sesquicentennial

  … of the 150th anniversary of the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193. As the only state created out of the Civil War, this commemoration is special for West … the first land battle of the war took place at "Philippi": …

• Bridgeport

  … on the line in 1852. The turnpike later became part of U.S. 50. During the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193, Bridgeport residents supported both sides of the conflict. Confederate …

• Battle of Charleston

  … "Charleston":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1089 area first experienced Civil War hostilities during the September 1861 campaign … the valley for the duration of the war. Confederate casualties in the 10-day Kanawha …

• Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington

  … integrated cemetery in the area. More than 300 Civil War soldiers are buried at Spring Hill, including Confederate "General Albert Gallatin … of veterans of each of America’s later wars. Many of the city’s prominent Catholic …

• The Greenbrier

  … White Sulphur. Closed during the Civil War, the resort’s survival … E. Lee’s visits after the war. In 1910, the C& … in 1945. After an extensive post-war refurbishing by New York decorator … Congress in case of nuclear war. Construction of the 112,000 …

• Hampshire County

  … state of Virginia after the Revolutionary War and redistributed to many small- … settlement areas. During the "Revolutionary War":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … County figured significantly in the "Civil War":https://www.wvencyclopedia. …