Abner Doubleday Fires First Union Shots of the Civil War. On April 12th 1861 South Carolina troops opened fire on Fort Sumter. In response to this assault Abner Doubleday divided his company into three details to return fire, the first shot against the rebellion was fired by Abner Doubleday and his men.
Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. Berkeley Springs is a town in, and the county seat of, Morgan County, West Virginia, USA, in the state's Eastern Panhandle. While the area was part of Virginia (prior to 1861), the town was incorporated as Bath. Since 1802, it has been referred to by the name of its original Virginia post office, Berkeley Springs.
Major population centers and business markets within a five hundred mile radius of Berkeley County include Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Maryland, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Richmond, Virginia, and New York, New York.ll these major markets are readily accessible from our County via Interstate 81, which bisects Berkeley County. Our geographic location places us in a unique marketing environment, yet our quality of life is enhanced by our small town character and sense of community.