Camp Carlile

Historical marker location:

Wheeling, West Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Zane Street and North Wabash Street, on the right when traveling west on Zane Street.)

Marker installed: 2012

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, is the site of John Brown's raid in 1859, which is considered a major event leading up to the Civil War. Brown and his supporters attempted to seize the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry in an effort to arm slaves and start a rebellion against slaveholders.