Continental Clay Brick Works

Historical marker location:

1508 Charles Town Road, Martinsburg, West Virginia

( Marker is on Charles Town Road (West Virginia Route 9) east of Variform Drive (County Route 9/14). Reported unreadable.)

West Virginia 9. Charles Town to Martinsburg.

The first land battle of the Civil War was fought in Philippi, West Virginia on June 3, 1861. Union forces, under the command of General George B. McClellan, defeated Confederate troops in what is known as the Battle of Philippi.