Indirect Firing
Nearby on May 19-20, 1863, Corp. Milton W. Humphreys, gunner in Bryan's Battery, 13th Virginia Light Artillery, C.S.A., made first use of indirect artillery fire in warfare. Target was Union fort in Fayetteville.
Marker is on Nickelville Road (County Route 19/1) north of Talbert Road, on the left when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
