Capture of Harpers Ferry

Major General Thomas J. Jackson, with his own division and those of Major General A. P. Hill and R. S. Ewell, left Frederick on the morning of September 10 and passed through Middletown and Boonsboro before crossing the Potomac at Williamsport, 21 miles north of this place. On the afternoon of September 11, Hill’s division took the direct road to Martinsburg and bivouacked near it, while Jackson’s and Ewell’s divisions marched to North Mountain Depot on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad seven miles northeast of Martinsburg and bivouacked. During the night, Brigadier General Julius White, commanding about 2,500 Union troops at Martinsburg, abandoned the place and retreated to Harpers Ferry. Jackson occupied Martinsburg on the morning of September 12, passed through it, and about noon on September 13 A. P. Hill’s division, in the advance, reached Halltown, 3¾ miles west of this place, and went into camp. Jackson’s and Ewell’s divisions, following Hill’s, encamped near it.

Lovettsville, Maryland · United States