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Inferno on the River: Confederate raid on Burning Springs, West Virginia

Summary by West Virginia Explorer
BURNING SPRINGS, W.Va. — On the night of May 9, 1863, a conflagration lit up the skies along the Little Kanawha River at Burning Springs at the site of the famous Rathbone Well, the first major oil well in West Virginia. As part of a Confederate initiative to injure the Union, Brigadier General William “Grumble” […]
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West Virginia Explorer broke the news in on Monday, June 2, 2025.
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