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Camp Hill at Harpers Ferry was situated above the lower section of the town. During their occupations both Confederate and Union Armies tried in vain to fortify the area.

1. Earthworks on Camp Hill, Guarding the Road to Charles Town, Va. (W. Va.)

Sketched by Frank Beard.

2. Seventh Ohio Regiment Fortifying the Hill at Sutton Village

3. Martinsburg, Virginia, With a Detachment of the Fifth New York Cavalry in the Foreground

Fort Lee erected by George Clendenin on a site within Charleston.

4. Drawing of Fort Lee, Charleston, W. Va.

Road sign reading:  'Battle of McDowell  Stonewall Jackson, to prevent a junction of Fremont and Banks, took position on the hills just to the south and beat off the attacks of Fremont's advance under Milroy.  May 8, 1862.  Milroy retreated that night.'  Highland County, Va.

5. Historic Marker for Battle of McDowell

Sketch of the Fifth New York Cavalry in Martinsburg, Virginia.

6. Martinsburg, Virginia, With a Detachment of the Fifth New York Cavalry in the Foreground

Sketched by E. M. Bott.

7. Union Pickets at Hanging Rock Gap, Near Romney, on the South Branch of the Potomac

Gold eagle on top of an American flag.  Copyright 1908 by W.T. Hicoll.

8. Gold Eagle Presented to the 12th W.Va. by Genl. Gibbon

Sketched by David Hunter Strother for Harper's Weekly; issue published May 11, 1861.

9. Rendezvous of Virginians at Halltown, Virginia, 5 P.M. on April 18, 1861, to March on Harper's Ferry.

Distant view of Camp of the 12th Reg. O.V.I. at Fayetteville, VA. April 1863. Fort Scammon, Battery McMullan, Camp of the 12th Reg. O.V.I. and Fayetteville Courthouse are included. Sketched by Chas. Riedel, Comp H.12 O.V.I. Lithographed by Ehrgolt, Forbriger and Co. Cin. O.

10. Camp of the 12th Reg. O.V.I. at Fayetteville, Va. (later W. Va.), April 1863

Battle flad captured at Philipi, W.Va.  Print from original in Battle Abbey, Richmond, Va.  Information beside flag reads:  In soldierly fellowship here are draped the standards of unknown troops, -a flag of Virginia that probably marked some public building and the banner of an Arkansas regiment saved from surrender and brought to Virginia to pay tribute to the men who fought on The Mississippi.

11. Battle Flag Captured at Philippi, W. Va.

Sketch of soldiers burying a casket as other soldiers watch.  Loudon Heights on the Right and Maryland Heights on the Left, in the Distance.

12. Soldiers' Graveyard at Bolivar Heights, Near Harper's Ferry