"Wheeling" Topic

"Though perhaps more widely known as the birthplace of West Virginia during the Civil War, Wheeling and its environs retains several significant sites associated with the Revolutionary War. The name itself is translated from the Delaware language meaning "place of the skull," legend having that the severed head of a white settler was placed on a pole by local Native Americans as a warning to others to stay away.

Wheeling was founded in 1769 by Colonel Ebenezer Zane and his brothers Jonathan and Silas. Five years later in 1774 Fort Henry (originally called Fort Fincastle) was built overlooking the Ohio River to protect the growing numbers of settlers from attack. The fort was twice attacked during the Revolutionary War, first in 1777 and again on September 11 – 13, 1782, when a force of British loyalists (Butler's Rangers) and Native Americans (under the command of outlaw Simon Girty) attacked the fort's 47 defenders. The fort was besieged over two days, culminating in Betty Zane's heroic run for gunpowder in a nearby cabin. The British and natives broke off the battle with the arrival of Virginia militia reinforcements. Fort Henry is acknowledged as one of the final battles of the Revolutionary War.

Visitors today will find a highway historical marker and a monument noting the location of the fort on the 1000 block of Main Street in downtown Wheeling. A scale model of Fort Henry is located at the Wheeling Visitors Center at 1401 Main Street. Betty Zane and family are buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery in neighboring Martins Ferry, Ohio, while other defenders of the fort and soldiers are buried in Wheeling's Stone Church Cemetery. Each Labor Day weekend Oglebay Park hosts the Fort Henry Days reenactment, drawing hundreds of reenactors, and visitors to relive the early frontier era…"
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LOL I thought you were talking about wheeling troops

I thought he was talking about rules for wheeling miniature units.