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Settlement of this portion of the Colony of Virginia by Europeans began around 1745. Located west of the Tidewater and Piedmont regions in Virginia and also west of the Shenandoah Valley, this area is beyond (known in old Virginia as the "Transmountaine") the Blue Ridge Mountains. Rather than cross such a formidable physical barrier, most early settlers came southerly up the Valley across the P...
Please add projects for those who were born, lived or died in Highland County, Ohio. Official Website The county is named for the topography which is hilly and divides the watersheds of the Little Miami and Scioto Rivers. Adjacent Counties Fayette County Clinton County Brown County Adams County Pike County Ross County Cities & Villages Greenfield Highland Hillsbo...
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The Battle of McDowell, also known as the Battle of Sitlington's Hill, was fought on May 8, 1862, near McDowell, Virginia, as part of Confederate Major General Stonewall Jackson's 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign during the American Civil War. After suffering a tactical defeat at the First Battle of Kernstown, Jackson withdrew to the southern Shenandoah Valley. Union forces commanded by Brigadie...