Mike Foster
N 37° 34.219 W 080° 47.540
17S E 518338 N 4158162
A sign telling us of the battles Mike Foster fought in.
Waymark Code: WMQ8Z1
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 01/12/2016
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MIke Foster
Confederate sharpshooter enlisted 9 May 1861, in Monroe Guards, later Co. D. 27th Va. Infantry, Stonewall Brigade. "The Bloody 27th" fought in every major Civil War battle in east, from First Manassas to Appomattox. Foster was personally decorated as the bravest man in brigade. He died, may 1875, of war~related wounds at age 36. Comrades & friends erected granite shaft grave marker in 1907.
Marker Number: none on the sign
Marker Title: Mike Foster
Marker Location: West of RT 12
County or Independent City: Forest Hill
Marker Program Sponsor: West Virginia Division of Archives and History, 2002
Web Site: Not listed
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