NEWS
New! Now Available, Shepherdstown: Last Clash of the Antietam Campaign, September 19-20, 1862
New! Now Available, The Jones-Imboden Raid: The Confederate Attempt to Destroy the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and Retake West Virginia
New! Now Back in Print After 144 Years! Campaign in Western Virginia by Major General George B. McClellan
New! New Web Site Features Research on The Jessie Scouts
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Efforts Underway to Save the Battlefield of Shepherdstown
In terms of casualties, the Battle of Shepherdstown was the largetst battle in what is now West Virginia. [622 total casualties] Visit these links to learn more and find out how you can help preserve this important piece of West Virginia and U.S. history for future generations.
Shepherdstown Battlefield named an "At Risk" site on Most Endangered Battlefields report by the Civil War Preservation Trust
Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association
SHAF Eyes Purchase of Potomac Ford Near Shepherdstown
Battle of Shepherdstown [NPS]
Map of Battle of Shepherdstown [NPS]
Battle of Shepherdstown [wvcivilwar.com]
Bloody Day at Boteler's Ford [eHistory.net]
Civil War Preservation Trust Announces Capital Campaign to Save 25,000 Acres of Battlefield Land
FEATURES
1st West Virginia Sergeant Saves Colors, Soldier, Too
by Darl Stephenson, for The Washington Times
A War Song
Dedicated to Co. H, 3d W.Va. Volunteers, and sung by them, in the camp and on the march, in 1862-1863.
A State of Convenience, The Creation of West Virginia
An Online Exhibit by West Virginia Archives and History
Narrow Escapes
Some exciting war experiences related by Civil War veterans to reporters of the Ironton Register in the 1880s. Includes many stories of veterans who served in West Virginia units.
Courtesy of the Lawrence (Ohio) Register
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West Virginia in the Civil War is Recommended by The History Channel
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Civil War Veterans Memorial
Charleston, West Virginia
DEDICATION
West Virginia became the 35th state of the Union on June 20, 1863. Created in the midst of the Civil War, West Virginia provided to the Union Army 31,872 regular army troops, 133 sailors and marines, and 196 United States Colored Troops, during that terrible conflict of 1861-1865. It is also estimated that somewhere between 16,000 and 20,000 men served in the Confederate Army in this war of "brother versus brother."
This web site is dedicated to the honor and memory of the Civil War soldiers, sailors, and marines of West Virginia.
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