George A. Porterfield
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George Alexander Porterfield was a junior officer of United States forces in the Mexican–American War, colonel, in the Confederate States Army during the first year of the American Civil War and longt
George A. Porterfield
Philippi, West Virginia
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Philippi is a city in and the county seat of Barbour County, West Virginia, United States, along the Tygart Valley River. The population was 2,929 at the 2020 census. In 1861, the city was the site of
George A. Porterfield
…the first year of the American Civil War and longtime banker in Charles Town, West Virginia, after the war. He was in command of Confederate forces at Philippi in northwestern Virginia, later West Virginia, when they were surprised and routed, though with only a few soldiers wounded or captured, by Union Army…
The Philippi Historic District with the Barbour County Courthouse seen from across the Tygart Valley River in 2007
Town of Phillippi (1861)
Bird's Eye View of Philippi, West Virginia, 1897
Court Square in Philippi looking northwest along Main Street (U.S. Route 250). The Barbour County Courthouse is at right.