Buffington Island

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Buffington Island is an island on the Ohio River in Jackson County, West Virginia north of Pomeroy, Ohio. Nearby in Ohio, the only battle to occur on Ohio soil during the American Civil War, the Battle of Buffington Island, took place on July 19, 1863.

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