The Droop Mountain Civil War Cemetery s located at Droop Mountain State Park, which is immediately off of US Route 219, north of Lewisburg, West Virginia.
The Battle of Droop Mountain was fought over which faction would have control of the only major road leading through the area. Whoever controlled this road would control the comings and goings of the Greenbrier area.
This sign sits right beside US Route 219, and points the way into the State Park.
To get to the cemetery, one needs only follow the signs for the park office.
The Museum and Graves are located directly behind the park office.
Here is the sign by the path leading to the cemetery.
This sign reads simply "Confederate Graves".
There are several distinct graves marked here. Each marked quite simply with a stone. No markings are visible.
One cannot enter the small graveyard, as it is surrounded by a simple split-rail fence to prevent marauders from entering.
After a bloody battle, these brave men were layed to rest in these simple graves.
Here two stones are visible.
Another stone near the rear of the small graveyard.
All photos were taken wth a zoom setting as you are not allowed to enter inside the fencing.
Across the highway, in a field where the worst of the battle was fought, fly the US flag and the WV state flag.
Here is the site where a Confederate soldier fell during the battle.
His portrait sits atop the marker.
JOHN D. BAXTER
THIS MARKS THE SPOT
WHERE JOHN D. BAXTER
ORDERLY SERGEANT CO. R
10TH WV INFT. FELL INSIDE
THE CONFEDERATE LINE
LEADING THE LAST CHARGE
NOVEMBER 6TH 1863.
And here is a marker showing the spot where Lieutenant Henry Bender fell.
His portrait also is atop the stone.
LIEUT. HENRY BENDER
COMMANDER CO. F IN THE LAST CHARGE
THAT THE 10TH WVA VOL. INFT. MADE
THAT BROKE THE CONFEDERATE LINE
AT THE BLOODY ANGLE WHERE
SO MANY OF THE BRAVE MEN
OF BOTH ARMIES FELL
NOVEMBER 6TH, 1863.
Video Excerpt: "I live in Europe and met with someone who had just returned from the United States. He was in the West Virginia Droop Mountain Battlefield Park. While he was in the park's museum, he heard children crying out for help. He went to investigate and the children's voices seemed to be coming from the underground as though the museum was built over an underground cavity, cave or tunnel.
ReplyDeleteThinking that very young children had been exploring the underground caves and tunnels and had gotten lost, and certain that they were beneath the museum which possibly concealed an entrance into the underground cavity where the children were, he tried to gain entry. Suddenly two very official men in suits came along and told him to move on. He told them that he heard children crying out for help, but they said "there were no children in the vicinity and told him to leave. The children were still calling "please help us" and he said - listen you can hear them. But the men escorted him back to his car and watched him leave the park.
He then tried to involve the police and asked them to accompany him back to the museum. But they showed no interest to this. He had a feeling that they were told to expect him and dismiss him. He was already very worried about the missing children being lost in the underground museum when Pizzagate exploded on the internet." (aprox 37:10 - 39:13 of the video).
"Ole Dammegard exposes pedocriminal tunnel holding children at WVA Droop Mountain Museum."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXu8ObYPcXg.