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14 Mar

Legislature passed bill to create the Carnifex Ferry Battlefield Park Commission

Located opposite the mouth of Meadow River, 12 miles south of Summersville, this 156-acre park encompasses the Carnifex Ferry Civil War battlefield. Here, on September 10, 1861, Union forces led by Gen. William S. Rosecrans defeated Gen. John B. F...

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