In April 1863 Confederate forces invaded Fairmont, Virginia (now West Virginia) in an attempt to gain control of the strategic B&O Railroad and capture Francis Pierpont, Governor of the Re-Organized Virginia.
On April 24th and 25th, Pricketts Fort commemorated this raid with two days of Civil War events and activities. I am still in the process of gathering together photographs from several photographers and, once I have done so, I will mount a proper photographic tour of the event here on this blog. Please check back in a couple of days.
