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ASSAULT ON ALLEGHENY!!

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Location:
The original battlefield site located on the crest of Allegheny Mountain (elevation 4,400’) near the VA/WV line, approximately ½-hour west of McDowell, VA.

Event Organizers:
Pridgeon's Shenandoah Legion, The Highland Historical Society and the Highland County Chamber of Commerce

Featuring:

• Marching on a nearly pristine stretch of the historic Staunton-Parkersburg Pike
• Lack of modern intrusions
• A “moving” event, with different camp locations
• Friday and Saturday nights
• Activities and camps on original ground, including Camp Allegheny, the site of some of the best-preserved fortifications of the Civil War.

Setting:
It’s late 1861, and the Staunton-Parkersburg Pike connects the Federalist-leaning areas of western Virginia with the strategic and fertile Shenandoah Valley. One of the bastions created to prevent a full-scale Federal incursion into the valley is Camp Allegheny (Fort Johnson), which lies astride the Pike at the crest of Allegheny Mountain. We will recreate a portion of General R. H. Milroy’s attempt to take the fort, which was successfully resisted by the Confederate Forces of General Edward “Allegheny” Johnson.