Historical Marker
Attack on Glenville
Historical marker location:
200 High Street, Glenville, West Virginia
( Marker is on Pioneer Way (County Route 5/3) 0.2 miles east of North Court Street, on the right when traveling east.)
"...the birds had flown". Jenkins's Raid.
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.