The Great Raid

Historical marker location:

Bartow, West Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 250 and Old Pike Road (County Route 3), on the left when traveling west on U.S. 250.)

Path of Destruction. Jones-Imboden Raid.

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.