Lock Graveyard Memorial

Historical marker location:

Near the NW corner of Edge Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, West Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Seminary Street and Congress Street, on the left when traveling south on Seminary Street.)

West Virginia is the only state in the United States to be created as a result of the Civil War. In 1861, Virginia seceded from the Union, but many residents in the western part of the state opposed secession and eventually formed their own state, which was admitted to the Union in 1863.