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The Battle of Harpers Ferry was fought September 12–15, 1862, as part of the Maryland Campaign of the American Civil War.As Confederate Army General Robert E. Lee's Confederate army invaded Maryland, a portion of his army under Major General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson surrounded, bombarded, and captured the Union garrison at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia).
Today, the canal towpath and park, which provide access to the Maryland Heights section of the Harpers Ferry N.H.P., can be accessed by foot from Harpers Ferry via a footbridge constructed by the National Park Service alongside tracks on the railroad bridge over the Potomac, or via car by traveling east from Harpers Ferry on U.S. Route 340 to ...
The Maryland Heights portion of Elk Ridge was the scene of much activity during the American Civil War. Artillery emplacements and fortifications were first erected on the mountain by Union forces in 1862, during Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign .
The 3rd Maryland Infantry Regiment, Potomac Home Brigade was organized at Cumberland, Hagerstown, and Baltimore, Maryland, beginning October 31, 1861, and mustered in on May 20, 1862, for three years under the command of Colonel Henry C. Rizer.
The 9th Maryland Infantry was organized at Baltimore, Maryland, June–July 1863 for six months service under the command of Colonel Benjamin L. Simpson.. The regiment was attached to 1st Brigade, Maryland Heights, Division of West Virginia, to December 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, West Virginia, to February 1864.
Seal of Maryland during the war. During the American Civil War (1861–1865), Maryland, a slave state, was one of the border states, straddling the South and North.Despite some popular support for the cause of the Confederate States of America, Maryland did not secede during the Civil War.
The 5th Maryland Infantry was organized at Baltimore, Maryland in September 1861 for three-years service and mustered in under the command of Colonel William Louis Schley. The regiment was attached to Dix's Division, Baltimore, Maryland, to March 1862. Fort Monroe, Virginia, to July 1862.
Duty on the eastern shore of Maryland until March 1862, and at Baltimore until October 1862. On the eastern shore of Maryland until June 1863. At Baltimore June 1863. Joined Lockwood's Brigade at Frederick, Maryland, July 6, 1863. Pursuit of Lee July 6–14. Falling Waters July 14. Assigned to duty at Maryland Heights July 17.