Historical Marker
Camp Carlile
Historical marker location:
8 N Wabash St, Wheeling, West Virginia
( Marker is on North Wabash Street, 0.1 miles north of Zane Street (U.S. 40/250), on the left when traveling north.)
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.