HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - On this date in 1774, the Battle of Point Pleasant saw Virginians led by Colonel Andrew Lewis take on the Shawnee led by Chief Cornstalk.

Some have called this the first battle of the Revolutionary War.

However, historians disagree over that.

Now, the battlefield in Point Pleasant is on the National Register of Historic Places.

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