Fort Mill Ridge Civil War Trenches, Romney

Name: Fort Mill Ridge Civil War Trenches
Address: Fort Mill Ridge Road, Romney, United States

#3 among attractions in Romney

Historical place, Forts and castles

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The Fort Mill Ridge Civil War Trenches are battle trenches in West Virginia that were originally dug between 1861 and 1862 to be later used in 1863 for the civil war. These trenches lined with chestnut logs by the Confederate artillery during the American Civil War to defend the approaches to Romney on the Northwestern Turnpike and the South Branch Potomac River. The trenches were then refurbished between March and June 1863 by the 54th Pennsylvania Infantry and the 1st West Virginia Infantry. When Colonel Jacob M. Campbell garrisoned Union forces at Romney, camps were set up at nearby at Mechanicsburg Gap. The Confederates might have created these trenches but all throughout the war the Union had control of these trenches. ()

Built: 1861 (163 years ago)Coordinates: 39°19'28"N, 78°47'37"W

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Fort Mill Ridge RoadRomney United States

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Fort Mill Ridge Civil War Trenches – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Literary Hall, Indian Mound Cemetery, Confederate Memorial, Fort Mill Ridge Wildlife Management Area.

2.3 miNE
Museum, Greek Revival architecture
Literary Hall, Romney
60 min walk • Literary Hall is a mid-19th-century brick library, building and museum located in Romney, a city in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located at the intersection of North High Street and West Main Street. Literary Hall was constructed between 1869 and 1870 by the Romney Literary Society.
2 miNE
Native American architecture, Cemetery
Indian Mound Cemetery, Romney
51 min walk • Indian Mound Cemetery is a cemetery located along the Northwestern Turnpike on a promontory of the "Yellow Banks" overlooking the South Branch Potomac River and Mill Creek Mountain in Romney, West Virginia, United States.
2 miNE
Native American architecture, Monuments and statues
Confederate Memorial, Romney
50 min walk • The Confederate Memorial at Indian Mound Cemetery in Romney, West Virginia, commemorates residents of Hampshire County who died during the American Civil War while fighting for the Confederate States of America.
~430 ftE
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Fort Mill Ridge Wildlife Management Area
3 min walk • The Fort Mill Ridge Wildlife Management Area is located on 217 acres two miles southwest of Romney in Hampshire County, West Virginia. Fort Mill Ridge WMA is owned by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. The Fort Mill Ridge Civil War Trenches are located at the top of the Fort Mill Ridge access road.
2.3 miNE
Vernacular architecture, Georgian architecture
Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House, Romney
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2.3 miNE
Museum, History museum
Taggart Hall, Romney
58 min walk • Taggart Hall is a late 18th-century residence that currently houses the Fort Mill Ridge Foundation and its Fort Mill Ridge Civil War Trenches museum, the Hampshire County Visitors Bureau, and the Hampshire County Chamber of Commerce.
3.3 miNE
Vernacular architecture, Georgian architecture
Wappocomo, Romney
85 min walk • Wappocomo is a late 18th-century Georgian mansion and farm overlooking the South Branch Potomac River north of Romney, Hampshire County, West Virginia, USA. It is located along Cumberland Road and the South Branch Valley Railroad.
2.9 miNE
Greek Revival architecture
Valley View, Romney
73 min walk • Valley View is a mid-19th-century Greek Revival residence and farm overlooking the South Branch Potomac River northwest of Romney, West Virginia. The house is atop a promontory where Depot Valley joins the South Branch Potomac River valley.
3 miNE
Vernacular architecture
Washington Place, Romney
77 min walk • Washington Place is one of the first homes built by freed slaves after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States.
1.8 miNE
Cemetery
Mount Pisgah Benevolence Cemetery, Romney
47 min walk • Mount Pisgah Benevolence Cemetery is an African-American cemetery in Romney, West Virginia, United States. The cemetery is located along the Northwestern Turnpike below Indian Mound Cemetery overlooking Sulphur Spring Run.
2.5 miNE
Neo-renaissance architecture
Old Methodist District Parsonage, Romney
65 min walk • The Old Methodist District Parsonage is a 19th-century Italianate residence in Romney, West Virginia, United States. It is a two-story brick dwelling constructed between 1868 and 1882 to serve as the district parsonage for the area's Methodist churches.