Droop Mountain Battlefield

Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park

Droop Mountain Battlefield is the site of one of West Virginia's largest and last important Civil War battles. The battle was fought on November 6, 1863, between the Union army of Gen. William Averell and the Confederate army of Gen. John Echols. Echols's army was pushed south into Virginia and never regained control of southeastern West Virginia.

Droop Mountain Battlefield : What's Nearby

Hillsboro, WV
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Lewisburg National Register Historic District/Greenbrier County Visitor Center
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Virginia Military Institute Museum
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Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams
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Sandusky Historic Site and Civil War Museum
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Old City Cemetery and Pest House Medical Museum
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Virginia Museum of the Civil War
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New Market Battlefield State Historical Park and Hall of Valor Museum
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The American Civil War Museum - Appomattox
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Related Battles

Droop Mountain
Battle Facts
Pocahontas, WV | November 6, 1863
Result: Union Victory
Estimated Casualties
394
Union
119
Confed.
275
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