Droop Mountain Battle Decisive Civil War Clash
The Droop Mountain engagement in Pocahontas County on November 6 1863 proved decisive with Union forces under Averell routing Confederate troops led by Echols. The victory, achieved after a night march and a flanking strike, halted Confederate westward action and shaped subsequent West Virginia military history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd B. Stutler
Droop Mountain
Pocahontas County
West Virginia
West
Andrew Price
John Echols
CSA
Union
William W.averell
Greenbrier
Pocahontas
Green
West Virginia Light Artillery
Chatham T. Ewing
J.W. Keeper
Beverly
Green Bank
Duffie
Charleston
Lewisburg
34Th Ohio Mounted Infantry
West Virginia Cavalry
Seth J. Simmonds
Kentucky
Fayette County
91St
Ohio Infantry
Carr B. White
Averell
Echols
Marlins Bottom
Marlinton
Mill Point
Huntersville
Sth
George. S. Patton
22Nd
Virginia Infantry
23Rd
Virginia
William Blessing
14Th
Virginia Cavalry
John A. Gibson
16Th
James H. Nouman
W. P. Thompson
20Th
William W. Arnett
Chapman
Jackson
Lurry
William McLaughlin
William L
Mudwall) Jackson
Lewis County
George M. Edgar
Monroe
Stonewall Jackson
28Th
Ohio
Pennsylvania Cavalry
Moor
Lobelia Jacox Road
Lobelia- Jacox
Harris
10Th
George S. Patton
22Nd Virginia Infantry
Kanawha Valley
Patton
R. A. Bailey
Richmond
Droop Mountain Battlefield
Greenbrier River
Alleghenies
Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
Soldiers being reassigned abroad include Specialist 4 Simmie R. Lilly assigned to the Fourth Transportation Company in Hanau Germany and Private Donald Murdock stationed in Verona Italy for two years. Lilly, 20, son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth S. Lilly of Pax entered the Army in 1956 after Spanishburg High School and work at Link Coal Co. in Pax. Murdock, also 20, son of Mr and Mrs Jack Murdock of Sophia, entered February and earned an expert rifleman medal at graduation after scoring well on a proficiency test. He will serve as a typist for the technical inspector in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Fourth Transportation Company
Hanau
Simmie R. Lilly
Kenneth S. Lilly
Pax
Fort Benning
Spanishburg
Link Coal Co
Verona
Italy
Pvt
Donald Murdock
Jack Murdock
Sophia
Driver Escapes Injury In Beckley Route 3 Wreck
James Wiseman of Beckley, formerly of Hinton, escaped injury when his car crashed four miles from Hinton on Route 3. The vehicle struck a guard rail and a tree, exploded, and caught fire but Wiseman was uninjured. He works at the Beckley Post Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinton
RII
James Wiseman
Beckley
Jeff Lilly
Wiseman
Acting Sgt Ralph M. Henderson Assigned in Okinawa
Ralph M. Henderson of the Fifth Marine Regiment serves in Naha Okinawa as Acting Sergeant for the next 15 months. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Arlie W Henderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talion
Fifth Marine Regiment
Naha
Okinawa
Ralph M. Henderson
Arlie W. Henderson
Army staff sergeant Bennett listed from Fayetteville
Sgt. 1 C Harold E Bennett serves with the Korea Military Advisory Group in Seoul his wife Yvonne resides in Fayetteville His Army entry year was 1945 and his last post was Fort Eustis Virginia His parents Mr and Mrs Jasper Bennett live on Route
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Seoul
Harold E. Bennett
Yvonne
Fayetteville
Fort Eustis
Jasper Bennett
Navy assigns John E. Smith to Providence crew at Norfolk
John E. Smith gunner's mate second class, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Smith of Mabscott, and husband of the former Miss Faye Sparks of Beckley, is temporarily assigned aboard the Navy's newest guided missile cruiser during pre commission training at Norfolk, Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Providence
Norfolk
John E. Smith
M. H. Smith
Mabscott
Faye A. Sparks
Beckley
Atha Promoted to Private First Class in Germany
Coy C. Atha 17 son of Theodore Atha Route 1 Beckley promoted to private first class in Germany as a member of the Fourth Armored Division He is a driver in Company A S4th Infantry in Heilbronn entered the Army in November 1956 and completed basic training at Fort Hood Texas He attended Woodrow Wilson High School
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Fourth Armored Division
Was
Coy C. Atha
Theodore Atha
Route 1
Beckley
S4th
Heilbronn
Army
Fort Hood
Tex
Wooderow Wilson High School
Sprague 4-H Elects New March Winds Officers
New officers for the Sprague Elementary School 4-H Club March Winds include Loraine Watters as president and Sandra Harden as reporter. Other roles listed are vice president Paul Mallamas, secretary Sharon Malla mas, treasurer Denise Hollandsworth, game leader Lou Ann Tate, and song leaders Sue Curtis and Barry Tomczyk. Sponsors are Mrs Mildred Watts and Mrs B Goodall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sprague Elementary School
Sue
Thompson Leaves State Police Job
State Trooper H. C. Thompson resigns from the Turnpike Division at Beckley effective Oct 24 to join the U S Treasury Department. Thompson, 31, enlisted June 6, 1955, and previously served as a Beckley police officer and with the State Police at Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Thompson
Turnpike Division
Beckley
U. S. Treasury Department
Supt
Hazen Fair
Thompson
Princeton
Two Area Women Named to Duke Dean's List
Frances E. Ragland Beckley a senior and Alice Casto Fayetteville a sophomore are among 429 undergraduate women at Duke University's Woman's College and School of Nursing named to the Dean's List for the spring semester 1959. Each student maintained an average of 3.0 or better out of 4.0.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke University
Woman’s College and School of Nursing
Frances E. Ragland
Beckley
Alice Casto
Fayetteville
Too Capable for Own Good in Wheeling Prostitution Hearings
The Wheeling area records show no jail sentences for prostitution charges against 74 women since February. District Four Conservation officers fined several violators for hunting and gun infractions, including eight gray squirrels for Lovurn Owens and other offenses in Summers, Monroe, and Greenbrier counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wheeling
Ohio
Lovurn Owens
White Sulphur Springs
District Four
Owens
Dewey Hatfield
Mohawk
Monroe County
Big Devils Creek
Sid Thompson
Lenore
Summers County
Bluestone Lake
George E. Akers
Ira C. Collins
Princeton
Kyle Lewis Allen
Bradley
Nimrod
Chloring Bragg Caldwell
Pipestein
Farming for Better Living dinner honors Monongalia farm families
Morgantown Chamber of Commerce sponsors the annual Farming for Better Living dinner on November 4 to honor Monongalia County farm families. The Charleston and West Virginia Chamber of Commerce will host a seminar for business leaders in the capital city with urgent issues to be discussed. Representatives invited include Beckley Huntington Bluefield Williamson Parkersburg Point Pleasant Logan Welch South Charleston and St Albans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown Chamber of Commerce
Farming
Monongalia County
Charleston
West Virginia
Paden City Rejects $150000 Park Bond Proposal
Paden City voters rejected a 150000 dollar bond issue that would have funded a 13 acre community park and swimming pool by a margin better than two to one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paden City
City Council Considers Parkersburg Police Radio System
The City Council gives first reading to a resolution for a new radio communications system for the Parkersburg Police Department. Civil Defense would cover half the cost, with total expenses running over 13000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
Civil Defense
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Droop
Brier Valley
B. F. Kelley
Department of West Virginia
Alfred N. Duffie
Augustus Moore
West Virginia Infantry
Thomas M. Harris
West Virginia Mounted Infantry
Alexander Scott
F. W. Thompson
J. H. Clay
J. H. Schoonmaker
Thomas Gibson
State Conservation Commission
Wautoga State Park
Hillsboro
Seneca
By Peggy Kessinger
D. Murdock R,m, Henderson
New River
Channel 4
T.V
Felicia Marianne Calder - Farr - Stewart
Robert Angus
Aden Kandel
Mack Stevens
United Artists
Eric Fleming
Clint Eastwood
Woay-Tv
FUL Entertainment
Beckley Moose
Paul Thomas and
John Kerr
France Nuyen
Ray Walston
Juanita Hall
MAGNA
Open Air Theatre
Stamford Rd
James Cagney
Shirley Jones
Buchanan
Randolph Scott
Pner
Aros
Joel McCrea Nna
Sprague 4-H Club
Dean
Gien Jean
Hunchback OF
Notre Dame
Gina Lollobrigida
Anthony Quinn
Young Land” Technicolor
Pat Wayne
Yvonne Craig
Gene Evans
Herning
Tre
Alan Ladd
Olivia DeHaviland
Boris Karloff
Elizabeth Allan
Mt. State Miscellany
Cccvision
Rod Sterling
WOAY
Owl's Club
Summerleerd
Oak Hill
Eddie Seacrest
Rollin Rockets
Twin Oaks
Country Club
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