Historical Marker
Bailey Row
Historical marker location:
706 Main St, Mount Hope, West Virginia
( Marker is on Main Street (West Virginia Route 211) just east of South Center Street, on the left when traveling west.)
The Dunloup Creek Watershed.
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.