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    The Battle of Camp Allegheny, also known as the Battle of Allegheny Mountain, took place on December 13, 1861, in Pocahontas County, Virginia (now West...
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  • known as the "Army of the Northwest" and after involvement in the Battle of Camp Allegheny was styled the "Army of the Allegheny". Johnson acquired his...
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    9th Indiana Infantry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Union Army from Indiana)
    into a camp of around 825 and surprised Confederate recruits who had been asleep. In response, the Confederates ran, thus earning the battle the name...
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  • Thomas Davis Ranson (category University of Virginia School of Law alumni)
    aide-de-camp to Gen. Edward Johnson at the Battle of Camp Allegheny. On May 1, 1862, he attained the rank of lieutenant right before the Shenandoah Valley...
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    known in the North as Battle of Antietam and Second Battle of Bull Run were referred to as the Battle of Sharpsburg and the Battle of Manassas, respectively...
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    James Deshler (category People of Alabama in the American Civil War)
    graduate of West Point who later joined the Confederate States Army. During the American Civil War he fought at Cheat Mountain, Camp Allegheny, Arkansas...
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    Forest Battle of Camp Allegheny "Paddy Knob". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior...
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    Ambrose Bierce (redirect from Oil of Dog)
    under fire, of a gravely wounded comrade at the Battle of Rich Mountain. Bierce fought at the Battle of Shiloh (April 1862), a terrifying experience that...
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    stationed there. In retaliation, much of the town is burned by the Union the next day. Battle of Camp Allegheny (December 13, 1861), Pocahontas County...
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  • George W. Hansbrough (category Republican Party members of the Virginia House of Delegates)
    wounded and carried from the field leading his men during the Battle of Camp Allegheny in December 1861, as they defended what became their winter quarters...
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    west of Staunton. Though Colonel Johnson had been victorious at the Battle of Camp Allegheny, where Johnson had been given the nickname "Allegheny" and...
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    The Allegheny Mountain Range (/ˌælɪˈɡeɪni/ AL-ig-AY-nee; also spelled Alleghany or Allegany), informally the Alleghenies, is part of the vast Appalachian...
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  • column, its axis of march the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, advanced from Cheat Mountain and occupied in succession Camp Allegheny, Monterey, McDowell...
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    52nd Virginia Infantry Regiment (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from public domain works of the United States Government)
    Walker's Brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia. It participated in various conflicts from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, marched with Early...
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    Allegheny City was a municipality that existed in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania from 1788 until it was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1907. It was located...
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    Fort Necessity on an alpine meadow west of the summit of a pass through the Laurel Highlands of the Allegheny Mountains. Another pass nearby leads to...
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    Virginia Battle of Bolivar Heights Battle of Buffington Island Battle of Bulltown Battle of Camp Allegheny Battle of Carnifex Ferry Battle of Charleston...
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    The Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) is a 150-mile (240 km) rail trail between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Cumberland, Maryland. Together with the C&O Canal...
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    White Top (category Allegheny Mountains)
    by Lois Darling and Lo Brooks, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company Battle of Camp Allegheny – Confederate base several miles east on Allegheny Mountain...
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  • 13th Indiana Infantry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Union Army from Indiana)
    the Kanawha District December 11–14: Expedition to Camp Baldwin December 13: Action at Camp Allegheny December 18: Moved to Green Springs Run until March...
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    Battle of Point Pleasant on October 10, 1774. In the ensuing Treaty of Camp Charlotte, the Native Americans surrendered their hunting rights south of...
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    Virginia, at the Battle of Greenbrier River. He was promoted to brigadier general on December 13, 1861. He was ordered to defend Allegheny mountain, where...
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    Camp Curtin was a major Union Army training camp in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War. It was located north of Pennsylvania's state...
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  • crest of Allegheny Mountain, just ten miles to the southeast. On October 3, the inn suffered crossfire during the Battle of Greenbrier River. Named Camp Bartow...
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    There are hundreds of local council camps of the Boy Scouts of America operated by the Boy Scouts of America. Contents Active Camps Alabama Alaska Arizona...
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    George (replaced by Fort Duquesne by the French), at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers. Braddock mostly failed in his attempts to recruit...
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    considered to be the westernmost ridge of the Allegheny Mountains and the boundary between the Alleghenies and the Allegheny Plateau. Running northeast to southwest...
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    The Battle of Gettysburg (locally /ˈɡɛtɪsbɜːrɡ/ ) was a three-day battle in the American Civil War fought between Union and Confederate forces between...
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    Alexander Hays (category Burials at Allegheny Cemetery)
    studied at Allegheny College and then transferred to the United States Military Academy in his senior year, graduating in 1844, ranking 20th out of 25 cadets...
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    equivalents in the United States. The 50 states of the United States are divided into 3,007 political subdivisions of states called counties. Two hundred thirty-seven...
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