From this point, "Stonewall" Jackson shelled Hancock, Md., Jan 5, 1862. After destroying supplies, the B&O Railway track and the bridge over the Great Cacapon, Jackson marched his army of 8,500 men to Romney and captured it. January 14.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 522 and River Road, on the right when traveling south on U.S. 522.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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