Union Civil War Fortification, also known as Bulltown Civil War Site, is a historic

archaeological site An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology an ...

located near Napier,

Braxton County, West Virginia Braxton County is a county in the central part of the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,447. The county seat is Sutton. The county was formed in 1836 from parts of Lewis, Kanawha, and Nicholas counties a ...

. The site relates to the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...

Battle of Bulltown The Battle of Bulltown was a small skirmish fought during the American Civil War near Bulltown in Braxton County, West Virginia on October 13, 1863. Background In the fall of 1863, William Lowther Jackson, the cousin of "Stonewall" Jackson, l ...

, that took place on October 13, 1863. During test excavations in the 1970s, remnants of structures, features, and artifacts were recovered. The site was purchased by the Army Corps of Engineers during the development of

Burnsville Lake Burnsville Lake is both a recreational and flood control reservoir on Little Kanawha River located southeast of Burnsville in Braxton County, West Virginia. Burnsville Lake was authorized by the U.S. Congress in the Flood Control Act of 1938. C ...

, and is administered as part of the Bulltown Historic Area. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1984.

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American Civil War forts American Civil War sites in West Virginia Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Braxton County, West Virginia in the American Civil War Forts in West Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Braxton County, West Virginia Conflict sites on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia {{BraxtonCountyWV-NRHP-stub

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