War dead honored at Pricketts Fort

On May 31st, Memorial Day, Pricketts Fort held observances in memory of the men from Pricketts Fort who served in the following wars: the French & Indian War, Pontiac’s Uprising, Lord Dunmore’s War and the American Revolution. The observances also memorialized the descendents of these men who served in the Civil War. At the time [...]

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Strolling through the old camp ground: scenes from the Civil War Weekend at Pricketts Fort

In this 150th anniversary year of the commencement of the Civil War, shades of the Blue & Gray were recently seen on the “Old Camp Ground” at Pricketts Fort.  Activities included ladies’ tea & tatting, artillery demonstrations by the Jacob’s Meadow Battery, weapons demonstrations, Civil War dance demonstrations, Civil War music by Wha-ke-we-nn, and various [...]

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Annual Jones Imboden Raid Civil War Weekend returns to Pricketts Fort, Apr 29 – May 1

 In April 1863, Confederate forces invaded Fairmont, Virginia (now West Virginia) in an attempt to gain control of the strategic B&O Railroad and capture Francis Pierpont, Governor of the Re-organized Virginia. The park will commemorate this event, now known as the Jones Imboden Raid, on April 29 to May 1, 2011, with Friday, April 29th [...]

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Lingering presences in Civil War-era house on Pricketts Creek

Any of you who chanced to be watching the West Virginia PBS station on Monday night had the opportunity to see the Civil War episode of West Virginia: A Film History, narrated by Richard Thomas, in which there were several evocative shots of the Job Prickett House. And so, as a coda to the recent [...]

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Memorial Day observances at Pricketts Fort honor war dead of five early American wars

On May 31st, Memorial Day, Pricketts Fort held observances in memory of the men from Pricketts Fort who served in the following wars: the French & Indian War, Pontiac’s Uprising, Lord Dunmore’s War and the American Revolution. The ceremony also memorialized the descendents of these men who served in the Civil War. At the time [...]

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Strolling through the Old Camp Ground: the Civil War weekend, continued….

There are really two different periods of American history to be found here at Pricketts Fort. The first period, of course, is the frontier period, centered around the year 1774 during the uprising of the Mingo and Shawnee tribes under Chief Logan and Lord Dunmore’s War which immediately followed. This was the year when the [...]

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Civil War Camp

For three days and nights, during the last week of June, life here at Pricketts Fort took on shades of the “old camp ground”, as bugle calls and mournful bugle melodies mingled with musket-fire and cannon-shot.  At various times one could hear shouted commands from the Manual of Arms, Company Fall In, Shoulder Arms, Support Arms, [...]

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