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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4Y7_flag-talk_Millville-WV.html
Accurate communication was crucial to winning the Battle of Harpers Ferry. Rivers, mountains, and miles of distance separated Confederate General "Stonewall" Jackson from his mountaintop commanders. With telegraph messaging impossible and courier …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4Y6_battle-of-harpers-ferry_Millville-WV.html
Invasion 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 Harpers Ferry. He ordered "Stonewall" Ja…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4WM_fake-attack-september-14th_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
"Stonewall" Jackson understood the principle of military deception. On the second evening of the battle, he used deception here. To lure the Union attention away from the south end of Bolivar Heights, Jackson faked an attack against the north end …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4WL_destined-for-antietam_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
Text of the marker is arranged to illustrate the movements of the Confederate Army during the Antietam Campaign of 1862:
September 10, 1862 from Frederick, MarylandConfederate commander Lee sends part of his army to capture Harpers Ferry, while…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4W3_assessing-the-obstacle_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
Never had "Stonewall" Jackson faced a stronger enemy position. Arriving here on Schoolhouse Ridge on the first day of the battle, Jackson scanned Bolivar Heights (the lower ridge in front of you) and saw a dangerous enemy - 7,000 Union infantry an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4VY_confederates-converge_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
Confederate General Robert E. Lee's first invasion of the North hinged on eliminating the Harpers Ferry garrison. To do so Lee devised Special Orders 191. He divided his force of 40,000 into four parts. Three columns marched from near Frederick, M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4VA_five-rounds-into-the-darkness_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
The 115th New York Regiment, young and inexperienced, formed a skirmish line here. When gunfire erupted on their left during the night, the men of the 115th must have felt the rush of adrenaline through their veins. Dander was headed in their dire…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4UP_the-confederate-perspective_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
"General J.R. Jones was directed to make a demonstration against the enemy's right."Jackson's official report
Confederate Colonel Edmund Pendleton wrote about the night of September 14, 1862, from his perspective across the road on School House…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3FC_sheridan-dug-in_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
In August 1864 Harpers Ferry was again a Union stronghold. Union General Philip Sheridan and his men built this redoubt—the earthwork in front of you—as fortification against the Confederates. Sheridan's objective was to stop the Confe…
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A.P. Hill
After an exhausting night of dragging 20 cannon along the river and up the ravines to this site on Chambers (Murphy) Farm, General A.P. Hill and his 3,500 men sprang their trap on the unsuspecting Union army. Before dawn on the last d…