https://www.wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/041762https://www.wvhistoryonview.org/image/041762.jpgView From Position of Federal Battery in the First Battle of Civil War; Philippi, W. Va.ca. 1910Counties--Barbour.First land battle during the Civil War took place here on June 3, 1861. Published by H.G. Zimmerman & Co. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)West Virginia History OnView