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review. American Civil War ...Fought on June 3, 1861, the
engagement was initiated by Union troops who, led by Colonel
B.F. Kelley, were attempting to protect the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad. Locally the battle is called the Philippi Races
because of the speed with which the Confederate forces under
Colonel George A. Porterfield retreated. A marker at the site on
Broaddus Hill, now on the campus of Alderson-Broaddus...
...During the American Civil War it was a key rail centre and
was occupied by both Confederate and Union troops. About 4,000
Union soldiers camped there before skirmishing with Confederate
troops at Philippi on June 3, 1861. Bailey Thornsbury Brown,
reputedly the first Union soldier to be killed in the war, was
shot in Grafton a short time earlier (May 22) by Confederate
sentries; he is buried... What made you wa