WV-072 Lees Headquarters

Marker text: LEE'S HEADQUARTERS
On this knoll, General Robert E. Lee maintained headquarters from July to September, 1861, after taking command of the Confederate forces in West Virginia. His army on Valley Mountain guarded the road leading south into Virginia."

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Location: US 219/WV 55, 0.1 miles north of junction with WV 66 , Pocahontas County, West Virginia

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