Artillery Thunder

This knoll is believed to have been one of the Northern artillery positions. With possibly as many as seven artillery pieces each, the two armies engaged in a fierce bombardment for several hours. The blasts were heard as far away as Summersville. Although the armies were within a few hundred yards of each other, the cannon firing was poorly directed and generally passed over the heads of the combatants, destroying the treetops but causing little damage to the troops.

Hico, West Virginia · United States