Fayetteville
Inscription
In the attack on Federal forces here, 1863, Milton W. Humphreys, the educator and soldier, gunner of Bryan's Battery, 13th Virginia Light Artillery, C. S. A., first used "indirect firing," now in universal military use.
Location
AddressCourt Street, Fayetteville
CityFayetteville
CountyFayette
StateWest Virginia
Coordinates38.033280, -80.826970
Sources
More markers in Fayette
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Montgomery, WV
State institution established in 1895 as Preparatory Branch of West Virginia University.
Fayette County/Greenbrier County
Formed, 1831, from Nicholas, Greenbrier, Kanawha, Logan.
Jackson's Mother
Ansted, WV
In Westlake Cemetery is the grave of the mother of General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson.
"Halfway House"
Ansted, WV
Regular stop on the James River and Kanawha Turnpike.
Old Stone House
Hilton Village, WV
Southwest is the Old Stone House, built, 1824, by Richard Tyree on the James River and Kanawha Turnpike.