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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3F9_mountains-men-and-maneuvers_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
Confederate Major General "Stonewall" Jackson could not see this view. His lower vantage on Schoolhouse Ridge, 1000 yards upriver, blocked his sight of this strategic position. Yet Jackson remembered this farm from his time as Confederate commande…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3F6_struggle-to-the-heights_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
Consider dragging 2,000-pound cannon up this ravine—at night. General A.P. Hill's Confederates faced that task during the second night of battle. The assignment was essential to "Stonewall" Jackson's plan to flank the Union army on the crest…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3F2_home-becomes-battlefield_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
The Civil War affected not only the soldiers who fought but the families whose homes and towns became battlefields. Edmund H. Chambers bought this farm in 1848 and lived here with his family until the Civil War. Although Chambers was a loyal Union…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3EV_gun-position-6_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
This gun protected the south end of the fort and was positioned to fire on flank movements. An outside picket trench, which can be seen ahead of the main embankment, protected the artillery crew.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3EU_infantry-positions_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
Infantry troops occupied positions along these fortifications. The low height of the earth embankment at this location permitted the defending troops easy passage to and from the abatis without exposure.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3EO_the-abatis_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
During the construction of this fort, many of the trees which were located directly in front of these embankments were felled forming an "abatis". This timber obstruction slowed the advance of the attacking forces so that snipers, infantry, and th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3EI_area-history_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
On April 18, 1861 Confederate volunteers occupied these heights. The threat prompted Lt. Roger Jones, in command at Harpers Ferry, to set fire to the armory and arsenal buildings destroying thousands of muskets needed by the Confederacy.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3EF_sheridan-fortifications_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
In August 1864, Gen. U.S. Grant ordered Gen. Phillip Sheridan to construct earth fortifications on Bolivar Heights. These forts faced northwest to protect against Confederate movements down the Shenandoah Valley to Harpers Ferry. This Sheridan tre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3E9_first-major-action_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
On Sept. 13, 1862 Stonewall Jackson's forces approaching from the west were shelled by 2 Union artillery guns under Col. Miles from this position. On Sept. 14, Gen. A.P. Hill outflanked these Union troops while Jackson swept past this location. Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM37U_wheeling-suspension-bridge-1849_Wheeling-WV.html
In 1816, with a strong interest in internal improvements, the legislatures of Virginia and Ohio authorized the formation of the Wheeling and Belmont Bridge Company (Belmont because the bridge company was to connect from Wheeling, Virginia to Belmo…