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"...We according marched, we marched to the waters of New River to Drapers Meadows at Col. Billy Prestons..."Pension Application of Robert Bleakley (Blakeley) W279 Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris
This encampment will portray a volunteer company of Virginians making up part of the Southern Division of troops led by Colonel Andrew Lewis for Dunmore's War in late summer 1774 on the spot where they originally encamped. Lewis’s division traveled north (downstream) on the Kanawha River through what is now West Virginia and clashed with Shawnee force at Point Pleasant in a day-long battle on October 10.
N.B. This event was originally scheduled for late September, but was rescheduled by the site due to another site event and the ACC football schedule. The organizers had no control over the change.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Historic Smithfield Plantation, 1000 Smithfield Plantation Road,Blacksburg,VA,United States
