Junction Where Battle Between Averell and Patton Took Place

Identifier:

001266

Collection Number:

A&M 3250, Photographs. Civil War. Stutler Collection

Title:

Junction Where Battle Between Averell and Patton Took Place

Date:

1912

Description:

Junction of the Anthony's Creek Road and the James River and Kanawha Turnpike 'now route 60' where Averell's force met Patton's brigade in a head on collision. This was the scene of the fiercest fighting; the road in the center was filled with the dead and wounded. Photo taken about 1912 is from Mac Corkle's 'White Sulphur Springs. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'West Virginia in the Civil War.'

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView