Carnifex Ferry

Historical marker location:

Keslers Cross Lanes, West Virginia

( Marker is on Carnifex Ferry Crossing Road, 1.3 miles south of West Virginia Route 129, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1972

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.