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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM318_casualties-of-war_Bolivar-WV.html
"...We enter the barren wast of Bolivar Heights...a windswept deserted moorland...except its populous graveyard."James E. Taylor, war correspondentFrank Leslie's Illustrated NewspaperAugust 10, 1864
Military discipline for desertion seldom resu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM315_closing-the-doors_Bolivar-WV.html
Resting with his troops in Frederick, Maryland, 20 miles northeast of here, Confederate General Robert E. Lee had hoped the Union garrison at Harpers Ferry would abandon its post when he invaded the North. They did not. Lee decided to attack. He d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM314_battle-of-harpers-ferry_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
(Upper panel): Battle of Harpers FerryInvasion rocked the United States during the second year of the American Civil War. In September 1862 Confederate General Robert E. Lee launched his army into Maryland - the North. Lee's first target became Ha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM312_general-william-darke_Shenandoah-Junction-WV.html
In this community resided William Darke, soldier-statesman, who began his career of selfless service to our nation in the French and Indian Wars. In 1777, he was captured at Germantown, Pa., remaining imprisoned aboard ship in New York harbor for …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM310_general-william-darke_Shenandoah-Junction-WV.html
Within these grounds is the home of General William Darke (1736-1801), who served as officer in American Revolution and in St. Clair's 1791 expedition against Miami Indians in Ohio. He served as delegate to the Virginia Convention called 1788 to r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM30C_facing-the-enemy_Bolivar-WV.html
Union Commander Dixon Miles knew the Confederates were coming. His cavalry reported the Southern troops advancing from three different directions. Ordered to "hold Harpers Ferry until the last extremity." Miles divided his forces to retain Marylan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM309_bolivar-heights-trail_Bolivar-WV.html
Union and Confederate soldiers transformed these fields into campgrounds full of dingy tents, smoky campfires and boiling kettles during the Civil War. Shouting officers drilled their troops until Bolivar's grass was trampled into precision parade…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM306_historic-heights_Bolivar-WV.html
Surrounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains at the confluence of the Potomac and the Shenandoah Rivers, Harpers Ferry thrived as an industrial community during the first half of the 19th century. By 1860, nearly 3,000 residents lived in the Harpers Fer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2O3_george-washington-heritage-trail_Shepherdstown-WV.html
In 1775, Shepherdstown (formerly known as Mecklenburg) was asked to furnish one company (about 100 men) to assist patriots fighting the British around Boston. In July, the company marched in high spirits down German Street with the entire town che…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CY_john-brown-fort_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
Here is a building with a curious past. Since its construction in 1848, it has been vandalized, dismantled, and moved four times - all because of its fame as John Brown's stronghold.
The Fort's "Movements"
1848 Built as fire-engine house fo…