Blue and Gray / Travelers' Repose
Blue and GrayNear here was Camp Bartow, fortified by Confederates in 1861. At Greenbrier Bridge, an artillery duel was fought, Oct. 3, 1861. Battle of Allegheny (8 Mi.E.) was fought, Dec. 13, 1861, between armies of Gen. W.L. Jackson and Gen. R.L. Milroy.
"Travelers' Repose"Made famous in novels of Hergesheimer, Bierce, and others. This is the country of "Tol'able David." On the neighboring hills are the Confederate trenches that guarded their camp in 1861, near which several battles were fought.
Marker is at the intersection of Old Pike Road (County Route 3) and West Virginia Highway 28, on the right when traveling west on Old Pike Road.
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