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Battle of Scary Creek Map

Terry Lowry stand alongside a marker raised in memory of the Battle of Scary Creek.

Map of the Battle of Scary Creek: "War Memoranda: Cheat River to the Tennessee, 1861-1862" by Charles Whittlesey, 1884.

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