Large Arsenal Foundation

Historical marker location:

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Shenandoah Street (Business U.S. 340) and Potomac Street, on the right when traveling north on Shenandoah Street.)

Meriwether Lewis at Harpers Ferry.

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.