Greenbrier Military School - Yearbook (Lewisburg, WV)

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THE BATTLE AT PHILIPPI-JUNE 3, ll586'I Our sketch was made by Henry Lovie, who accompanied the Union army in the Tygart afnd Cheat campaigns, for Leslie's lllustrated Newspaper. The location-crest of College Hill, opposite Philippi, directly in front of the present Administration Building of Alderson-Broaddus College. In April, 1861, Ohio commissioned a. former U. S. Army captain, George B. McClellan, 34, a major general, placed him in charge of all state troops. Western Virginia was a land of divided loyalties. Two natural invasion routes led over the mountains to Ohio-Tygerts Valley and the Kanawha Turn- pike through Lewisburg. Both were destined to feel the feet of marching troops. The first land battle of the war was fought. in the early dawn of june. 3. Gen. McClellan had taken some 20,000 men across the Ohio River and was moving least along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. With a portion of his army he surprised Colonel George A. Porter- field's small contingent of Confederates anPhilippi, before dawn, twinning a victory which came to be known locally as The Philippi Races? jubilant press enlarged the result into amajor aehievement, and McCellan's career was well launched in the western Virginia hills. 0 :J Y M R

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Dem of the junior School Affirmnt C ommamcianzf It is with sincere appreciation for his friendship and his interest in our welfare that the stan' of the 1961 Brier Patch, on behalf of the Corps of Cadets, dedicates this yearbook to Capt. Norton. I 13 J 113 3 11 Z' 5 CAPTAIN EVERETT E. NORTON '

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