Union retakes Martinsburg and the B&O main line reopens
March 1862, Martinsburg, West Virginia.
- Date
- March 1862
- Where
- Martinsburg, West Virginia
- What happened
- Rebuilt
- Event
- 24 of 174
Union forces recaptured Martinsburg and Harpers Ferry in February 1862, and work crews replaced wrecked bridges and equipment. Federal control of the line was restored in March 1862. By then Confederates had sent 14 locomotives and 83 cars south and removed 102 miles of telegraph wire.
The line
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- 11 miJackson attacks Dam No. 5 on the C&O CanalDecember 1861, Dam No. 5, Potomac River, Maryland
- 13 miHarpers Ferry ArmoryUnion · Armory, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
- 16 miHarpers Ferry supply baseUnion · Supply base, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
- 16 miUnion garrison burns the Harpers Ferry ArmoryApril 18, 1861, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia