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Laurel Hill
Laurel Hill was infamous in the guidebooks used by emigran...
National Historic Landmark-Laurel Hill Cemetery
National Historic Landmark-Laurel Hill Cemetery
Desi...
Laurel Hill
The Birthplace of James Ewell Brown Stuart
Laurel Hi...
Welcome to Camp Laurel Hill
Gateway to the Northwest
Confederate forces retreate...
Battle of Laurel Hill
Tempest on the Turnpike
Union and Confederate forces...
Laurel Hill
Confederate Encampment, 1861
Soldiers of the Confede...
Laurel Hill
Confederate Encampment, 1861
Soldiers of the Confede...
Camp Laurel Hill
Fortified camp occupied by Confederates under Brig. Gen. R...
Camp Laurel Hill
A Key to Victory
On the nearby heights, Confederate ...
Laurel Hill Cemetery
has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
Results for Laurel Hill
Laurel Hill
Laurel Hill was infamous in the guidebooks used by emigrants heading west. Originally a series of at least three chutes, wagons were tied to trees by ropes, or held back in the steep chutes by dragging big logs. This was ...
National Historic Landmark-Laurel Hill Cemetery
National Historic Landmark-Laurel Hill Cemetery
Designed by noted Scottish-American architect John Notman in 1836, Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery is the second major rural cemetery in the United States, and Notman's first known commission.
Its romantic landscape, commemorative monuments, and eclectic architecture ...
Laurel Hill
The Birthplace of James Ewell Brown Stuart
Laurel Hill, the 1,500-acre farm of Archibald and Elizabeth Letcher Pannill Stuart, was the birthplace of their seventh child, James Ewell Brown Stuart, at 11 a.m. on February 6, 1833. The house burned to ...
Welcome to Camp Laurel Hill
Gateway to the Northwest
Confederate forces retreated from this area after the "Philippi Races" (June 3, 1861), first land battle of the Civil War. At Huttonsville, 26 miles south, Confederate General Robert S. Garnett took command of the Army of the ...
Battle of Laurel Hill
Tempest on the Turnpike
Union and Confederate forces clashed along the Beverly-Fairmont Turnpike (the narrow paved road in the foreground) on July 7-11, 1861. Union General Morris was ordered to "amuse" General Garnett at Laurel Hill - to make him believe ...
Laurel Hill
Confederate Encampment, 1861
Soldiers of the Confederate Army of the Northwest occupied this ground from June 16 to July 11, 1861. Led by General Robert S. Garnett, a West Point instructor of tactics, they dug fortifications on the Mustoe farm to ...
Laurel Hill
Confederate Encampment, 1861
Soldiers of the Confederate Army of the Northwest occupied this ground from June 16 to July 11, 1861. Led by General Robert S. Garnett, a West Point instructor of tactics, they dug fortifications on the Mustoe farm to ...
Camp Laurel Hill
Fortified camp occupied by Confederates under Brig. Gen. Robert S. Garnett. June 16 - July 12, 1861. The scene of sharp skirmishes July 7-11. Garnett retreated early in the morning of July 12 after the Rich Mountain defeat.
Marker is on ...
Camp Laurel Hill
A Key to Victory
On the nearby heights, Confederate General Robert Garnett's Army of Northwestern Virginia built fortifications to defend the Beverly-Fairmont Turnpike in June 1861. Many received their baptism of fire here as Garnett's 4,000 Confederates skirmished with an equal ...
Laurel Hill Cemetery
has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance
in commemorating the history of the
United States of America
This cemetery was designed in 1836 by John Notman and is one of the finest examples of a ...