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You're not talking about the "legend of Cotton Hill Cannon" are you?

http://www.wvculture.org/history/counties/fayette.html

On September 10, 1862 the Confederate Army, under the command of General William W. Loring, General Wise's replacement, returned to the county and launched an attack on Fayetteville. Fierce fighting occurred throughout the day as Federal troop resorted to a bayonet charge to hold off the Confederate advance. By late evening, the Confederacy had lost 17 men while the Union had lost 13. During the night, the Union forces, under the command of Colonel Siber, retreated from the city.

During this time, General Loring ordered a cannon placed on Cotton Hill, overlooking the city. Lt. Joel Abbott was assigned the duty, and a famous legend surrounds the fate of this Confederate cannon. After the war, Abbott wrote that when it came time to remove the cannon he was forced to leave it on the hill and hide it in ravine because the terrain was too difficult to manage. Since this story, many have traversed the area around Cotton Hill, searching for the fabled Confederate cannon.

http://www.polsci.wvu.edu/wv/Fayette/fayhistory.html

Cotton Hill
A short ridge south of the Kanawha River in Fayette County in what is now West Virginia. In late October 1861, Floyd orders the regiment to the foot of Cotton Hill. On November 12, 1861, there is a skirmish on Laurel Creek near Cotton Hill. All of the regiments' tents are burned as they have no way to transport them.

JR

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