Record Data Place Unit Type City or Town Containing Unit Berkeley County, VA Events Date Type 06/14/1861 Confederate forces evacuate Harpers Ferry and other western Virginia towns along the Potomac Battles/Soldiers 01/01/1857 Robert Brown, a fugitive slave from Virginia, arrives in Philadelphia after crossing Potomac on horseback Slavery/Abolition People Birthplace of Boyd, Isabelle (Belle) Faulkner, Charles James Shanks, John Peter Cleaver Shanks, John Peter Cleaver Weller, John Wolf, James H. Burial Place of Alburtis, Ephraim G. Documents Date Title 03/10/1854 New York Times, “Fatal Railroad Accident,” March 10, 1854 10/20/1859 Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, “Negro Insurrection!," October 20, 1859 07/17/1861 Raleigh (NC) Register, “The Gallantry of Southern Men,” July 17, 1861 08/23/1861 Ward H. Lamon to Abraham Lincoln, August 23, 1861 07/09/1863 Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “Gen. Lee Again Victorious!,” July 9, 1863 Images Martinsburg, Virginia, September, 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image Martinsburg, Virginia, September, 1864, artist's impression, detail
