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The Philippi Races by markers.
By Craig Swain, July 24, 2010
Area Civil War Sites
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On Mansfield Drive (U.S. 250) at North Main Street (U.S. 250), on the right when traveling east on Mansfield Drive. |
| | Col. Benjamin F. Kelley
Kelley, a railroad agent in Philadelphia and former resident of Wheeling, was called back to command the First Virginia (Union) Infantry--the first Union regiment raised in the South. He planned and led the attack on . . . — — Map (db m211896) HM |
| On Mansfield Drive (U.S. 250) at North Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Mansfield Drive. |
| | Constructed in 1852 by Lemuel Chenoweth; masonry by Emanuel J. O'Brien, cost $12,151.24. The covered bridge, erected in 1852, is the only two-lane bridge in the federal highway system. During the Civil War the bridge served both North and South in . . . — — Map (db m33762) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 250), on the right when traveling east. Reported missing. |
| | Col. George A. Porterfield moved his newly recruited Confederates from Grafton on May 28, 1861, after receiving word of a Federal advance on the B&O Railroad. Porterfield's force a Philippi totaled no more than 775 volunteers. Few were fully trained . . . — — Map (db m211925) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 250), on the right when traveling east. |
| | The Philippi Covered Bridge across Tygart Valley River was built in 1852 by Lemuel Chenoweth of Beverly. Made of wood, with the exception of the iron bolts used to hold the segments together, it is an example of the best in covered bridge . . . — — Map (db m33665) HM |
| On Beverly-Fairmont Pike (U.S. 250), on the right when traveling south. Reported permanently removed. |
| | First land battle between the North and South here, June 3, 1861. Confederates under Col. Porterfield were dislodged by Federal troops from Gen. McClellan's army under Col. Kelley. The old covered bridge here was used by both armies. — — Map (db m211563) HM |
| On College Hill Drive, on the right when traveling south. Reported permanently removed. |
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On June 2, 1861, Federal troops advanced on Philippi from the Baltimore & Ohio rail hub at Grafton in two columns of about 1500 men each. The left column, under Col. Benjamin Kelley, took the train six miles east to Thornton, and then marched . . . — — Map (db m211560) HM |
Apr. 29, 2024