Sheridan Dug In - Harper’s Ferry NHP – Harper’s Ferry, W. Va.
N 39° 18.472 W 077° 45.865
18S E 261646 N 4354585
This is one of several markers located at the Murphy-Chambers Farm of Harper's Ferry National Historic Park, County Road 340/5 , District of Harper's Ferry, Jefferson County, West Virginia
Waymark Code: WMPJCA
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/07/2015
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"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 Confederates from skirting undetected along the Shenandoah River (below you) into Harpers Ferry. They had done so on three previous campaigns—Maryland (1862), Gettysburg (1863), and Washington (1864). The ravine to your right separated the redoubt from the rest of Sheridan’s earthworks, which included five other redoubts connected to a two-mile-long trench that stretched from the Shenandoah River to the Potomac River north of here. Each redoubt held as many as six cannon. This fort was never attacked."
Group that erected the marker: National Park Service
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
County Road 340/5
Harper's Ferry NHP
Harpers Ferry, WV USA
25425
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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