Camp Gauley
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, wooden palisades, and felled trees with sharpened branches. Although lightly manned with less than 2000 troops, Camp Gauley presented a formidable challenge to the Federal troops who had to approach across open ground.
Marker is at the intersection of Carnifex Ferry Crossing Road and County Route 23, on the right when traveling south on Carnifex Ferry Crossing Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
