Lew Wallace Storms the Bridge
On the night of June 12, 1861, Col. Lewis Wallaceled his 11th Indiana (Zouaves) Regiment fromCumberland, Maryland, by train across thePotomac River and into present-day West Virginia. He had learned that "several hundred"Confederate troops were in Romney, as he wrotein his official report, drilling and forcing Unionists into Confederate service. After detraining and marching across the mountains before dawn,Wallace and his men neared Romney about 8 A.M.on June 13 and encountered pickets who firedand ran into town to give the alarm.HM Number | HMMBV |
---|---|
Series | This marker is part of the West Virginia Civil War Trails series |
Tags | |
Placed By | Civil War Trails |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Sunday, October 12th, 2014 at 3:14pm PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 17S E 691347 N 4356734 |
---|---|
Decimal Degrees | 39.33888333, -78.77971667 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 39° 20.333', W 78° 46.783' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 39° 20' 19.98" N, 78° 46' 46.98" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 304 |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 2070 Northwestern Pike, Marietta WV 26757, US |
Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
Is this marker missing? Are the coordinates wrong? Do you have additional information that you would like to share with us? If so, check in.
Comments 0 comments