Joseph Snider

Historical marker location:

595 Point Marion Rd, Morgantown, West Virginia

( Marker is on Point Marion Road (U.S. 119) north of Pinehurst Drive, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2016

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.