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At Fort Union, built in 1770, a frontier army of 1100 men assembled in 1774 under the command of Gen. Andrew Lewis. On Sept. 12, the army began a march through 160 miles of trackless wilderness to the mouth of the Kanawha River and defeated Cornstalk, gallant Shawnee Chief, and his warriors in the bloody Battle of Point Pleasant on Oct. 10, 1774. The cabin home of Matthew Arbuckle, famous pioneer scout who led the army, stood nearby.
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Lewisburg, West Virginia · United States
