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Site Name Buffington Island State Memorial Street Address State Route 124 City / State / Zip Portland OH, 45770 Phone number Web Page www.ohiohistory.org/places/buffingt   Admission Fee Free. Hours Daily from dawn to dusk. Visitor services Handicapped access, picnicking. Regular Events None.     Directions The memorial is approximately 20 miles east from Pomeroy, in Meigs County, on State Route 124, at Portland.
Site Description
Commemorates the only significant Civil War battle that took place on Ohio soil. Here, the Union army routed a column of Confederate cavalry commanded by Gen. John Hunt Morgan in 1863.

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