Record Data Place Unit Type County Containing Unit Virginia Events Date Type 01/05/1862 Confederate artillery shells Hancock, Maryland, firing across the Potomac from Morgan County, Virginia Battles/Soldiers 03/02/1862 Famous explorer and Union general Frederick West Lander dies at his headquarters in western Virginia Battles/Soldiers People Birthplace of Breathed, James Slaughter, James Edwin Whisner, Peter Harrison Places Name Type Bath, VA City or Town Documents Images Morgan County, Virginia, 1857