West Virginia Civil War Trails
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM13UE_battle-of-philippi_Philippi-WV.html
(Preface):In the spring of 1861, Union forces rushed into northwestern Virginia to secure the vital Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, protect important turnpikes, and support Unionists against Confederates. The two sides fought numerous engagements between June …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM13UG_stonewall-jackson-birthplace_Clarksburg-WV.html
The house in which Thomas J. Jackson was born on January 21, 1824, stood across the street and halfway down the block to your right. (marked with a bronze plaque). His father struggled to make ends meet and poverty marred Jackson's childhood. Both parents d…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM13US_clarksburg-defenses_Clarksburg-WV.html
On April 20, 1863, Confederate Gens. William E. "Grumble" Jones and John D. Imboden began a raid from Virginia through present-day West Virginia against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Taking separate routes, they later reported that they marched 1,100 mil…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM13UT_northwest-academy_Clarksburg-WV.html
From 1861 through 1865, Clarksburg was temporary home to hundreds of Union soldiers. Although many tents and huts were erected to quarter he men, soldiers occupied every public building at one time or another. You are facing the site of one such structure, …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM13UU_bridgeport_Bridgeport-WV.html
(Preface): On April 20, 1863, Confederate Gens. William E. "Grumble" Jones and John D. Imboden began a raid from Virginia through present-day West Virginia against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Taking separate routes, they later reported that they marche…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM13UV_jacksons-mill_Weston-WV.html
Three generations of Jacksons operated mills here, beginning with Col. Edward Jackson before 1800. Jackson's Mill included saw and gristmills, carpenter shop, blacksmith forge, slave quarters, barns and other outbuildings, and a general store on 1,500 acres…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM13UW_trans-allegheny-lunatic-asylum_Weston-WV.html
When the Civil War began in 1861, the one-story wing on the far left of the building in front of you was all that stood here at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. The foundation of the main building had been completed; it was used to stable horses periodic…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM13UX_the-bassel-house_Buckhannon-WV.html
On April 20, 1863, Confederate Gens. William E. "Grumble" Jones and John D. Imboden began a raid from Virginia through present-day West Virginia against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Taking separate routes, they later reported that they marched 1,100 mil…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM13UY_destruction-at-the-courthouse_Buckhannon-WV.html
(Preface): Confederate Gen. Albert G. Jenkins led 550 cavalrymen on a 500-mile raid from Salt Sulphur Springs, Aug. 22-Sept. 12, 1862, attacking Federal forces and destroying military stores. He captured and paroled 300 Union soldiers, killed or wounded 1,0…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM13UZ_mcclellans-buckhannon-camp_Buckhannon-WV.html
(Preface): In the spring of 1861, Union forces rushed into northwestern Virginia to secure the vital Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, protect important turnpikes, and support Unionists against Confederates. The two sides fought numerous engagements between June…