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“Indirect Firing” marker at Fayetteville

Mill near Fayetteville, WV, Fayette County, New River Gorge Region

A marker pays tribute to the first use of indirect firing in modern warfare, employed in 1863 near Fayetteville, West Virginia, in Fayette County, in the New River Gorge Region.

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