Battle of Bolivar Heights

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Battle of Bolivar Heights
Part of American Civil War

Bolivar Heights informational sign, information about the battle on the right.
DateOctober 16, 1861
Location
Bolivar Heights, Jefferson County, West Virginia
Result Union victory
Belligerents
United States United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America Confederate States of America (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
John W. Geary[1] Turner Ashby[1]
Strength
100 troops[1] app. 700 troops[1]
Casualties and losses
4 dead, 7 wounded, 2 taken prisoner[1] 1 dead, 9 wounded[1]

The Battle of Bolivar Heights (October 16, 1861) was an early battle of the American Civil War. Bolivar Heights is a plateau which overlooks the towns of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia and Bolivar, West Virginia, then part of Virginia.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Blair, William Alan and Bell Irvin Wiley. A Politician Goes to War:The Civil War Letters of John White Geary[dead link] University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University, 1995. ISBN 978-0-271-01338-1. p. 18.