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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM323_carleton-martello-tower_Saint-John-NB.html
Construction of this tower was begun by the British Army during the War of 1812 as one of the projected series of fortifications intended to block the western land approach to Saint John. Subsequent to its completion in 1815 the tower was largely …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM322_a-union-predicament_Bolivar-WV.html
"Do all you can to annoy the rebels should they advance on you...You will not abandon Harpers Ferry without defending it to the last extremity."Maj. Gen. John G. Wool, USATelegraph message to Col. Dixon S. Miles, USASeptember 7, 1862 The first …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM320_confederate-victory_Bolivar-WV.html
"The Rebels were all around us and our only refuge was the open canopy of heaven."Sgt. Charles E. Smith32nd Ohio InfantrySeptember 14, 1862 Thousands of Federal soldiers huddled in ravines on Bolivar Heights to escape the Confederate shells of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM31L_protecting-the-supply-lines_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
"...make all the valleys south of the Baltimore and Ohio [rail]road a desert as high up as possible...so that crows flying over it [Virginia] for the balance of the season will have to carry their provisions with them."Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, U…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM31H_fortifying-bolivar-heights_Bolivar-WV.html
"...the heights became dotted with tents, and at night...the neighboring hills were aglow with hundreds of watchfires..."Joseph Barry, Harpers Ferry residentOctober 1862 After the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, General Lee withdrew h…
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/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…
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