Capture of Harper's Ferry No. 1 - Harpers Ferry, WV
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N 39° 19.378 W 077° 43.744
18S E 264745 N 4356169
One of 5 tablets depicting the events of the Civil War in Harpers Ferry.
Waymark Code: WM14D5C
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 06/14/2021
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The plaque says, "On September 10, 1862 General R. E. Lee Commanding the Army of Northern Virginia then at Frederick Md. set three columns in motion to capture Harper’s Ferry. Maj. Gen L. McLaws with his own Division and that of Maj. Gen. R. H. Anderson, marched through Middletown and Brownsville Pass into Pleasant Valley. On the 12th, the Brigades of Kershaw and Barksdale ascended Maryland Heights by Solomon’s Gap, moved along the crest and, at nightfall were checked by the Union forces under command of Col. T. H. Ford, about two miles north of this. Eight Confederate Brigades held Weaverton, Sandy Hook and approaches from the east. On the 13th, Kershaw and Barksdale drove the Union Troops from the Heights. Ford, abandoning seven guns, retreated across the pontoon bridge, a few yards above the railroad bridge, to Harpers Ferry. The Union loss was 38 killed, 134 wounded; Confederate loss 35 killed, 178 wounded.
Brig. Gen. John G. Walker’s Division crossed the Potomac at Point of Rocks, 10 miles below this during the night of September 10, and, on the 13th occupied Loudoun Heights and the roads south of the river leading east and south."
Group that erected the marker: Unknown
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary: Harpers Ferry, WV, USA
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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