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N160 km
Westminster Depot-Pressed into Service - Westminster MD
in U.S. Civil War Sites
On July 1, 1863, Gen. Herman Haupt, chief of U.S. Military Railroads, assumed control here of the Western Maryland Railroad to supply the army engaged at Gettysburg. He found a depot nearby as well as several large grain and flour warehouses.
posted by: Don.Morfe
location: Maryland
date approved: 04/06/2023
last visited: 04/10/2023
NW160.1 km
Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters - Romney WV
General "Stonewall" Jackson used this brick home as headquarters when the confederates took possession January 14, 1862.
location: West Virginia
date approved: 08/30/2020
last visited: 10/04/2021
Jackson's Headquarters-John B. White House - Romney WV
Marker is in Romney, West Virginia, in Hampshire County on Main Street (U.S. 50) Romney WV 26757.
date approved: 07/13/2023
last visited: 07/13/2023
NW160.3 km
Captain George W. Stump "Stump's Battery" - Romney WV
Marker is in Romney, West Virginia, in Hampshire County on South Branch River Road (County Route 8), Romney WV 26757
Hampshire County Courthouse Secession and Occupation - Romney WV
Marker is in Romney, West Virginia, in Hampshire County at the intersection of West Main Street (U.S. 50) and North High Street, on the Courthouse lawn, Romney WV 26757.
NW160.8 km
Interior of the Central Redoubt - Mechanicsburg WV
The central redoubt consists of a square earthen platform or rampart, and earthen walls, or parapets. Cuts in the parapets, or embrasures, provided openings through which cannons could fire.
The Central Redoubt - Mechanicsburg WV
The central redoubt house the fort's artillery. The square structure is approximately forty feet wide inside. The fort's entrance was located on the north, its least vulnerable side.
Construction of Fort Mill Ridge - Mechanicsburg WV
On March 16, 1863, Col. Campbell ordered his command to move their encampment from Romney to the fields adjacent to Mill Creek immediately west of Mill Ridge.
Fort Mill Ridge - Mechanicsburg WV
Fort Mill Ridge is a Union fortification constructed between March and June, 1863, to defend the Mechanicsburg Gap and South Branch Potomac Valley.
The Civil War in the South Branch Valley - Mechanicsburg WV
At the time of the Civil War, the South Branch Valley was comprised of many small, independent farms. The mid-19th century was a golden age of agriculture in the eastern United States.
Control of the Mechanicsburg Gap - Mechanicsburg WV
Federal Battery E, 1st (West) Virginia Volunteer Artillery was assigned to the command at Fort Mill Ridge. The Battery was armed with six 3-inch rifled cannons. It is believed that two of these cannons were positioned in the central redoubt.