Summer 1861: The First Campaign (various WV sites)
Summer 1861 The First Campaign West[ern] Virginia (various WV sites) There are many remote places to visit in WV that are associated with the Civil War but that may not be associated with one particular date. The town of Beverly, which saw action and changed hands multiple times throughout the war, is a perfect example. Visiting these places, I sometimes felt like I was the only one. Often the historical markers I sought were destroyed or in such disrepair as to be unreadable. While I found markers that nobody had entered into the database before, more often I was confirming the absence of one for the first time. People were nice in WV, but most don't seem too invested in preserving their history. And wow are their roads bad. Also, nobody in the state's 161 years of existence has ever asked the very important question: "Where are we gonna work when the trees/coal are gone?" Anyway, here's Elkins, WV first. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=23238 War in West Virgini...