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Battle of Bolivar Heights
Part of American Civil War
Bolivar Heights sign
Bolivar Heights informational sign, information about the battle on the right.
Date16 October 1861
LocationBolivar Heights, Jefferson County, West Virginia
Result Union victory
Belligerents
United States United States Confederate States of America CSA
Commanders and leaders
John W. Geary Turner Ashby
Strength
600 troops 500 troops

The Battle of Bolivar Heights (16 October 1861) was an early battle of the American Civil War. Occurring two years after John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859, Confederate States Army colonel Turner Ashby attempted to take the strategic Bolivar Heights from Union colonel John White Geary. After a six-hour battle, the Confederates were ultimately repulsed, and the Union planted flags on the ridge.

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  • United States. National Park Service. "Place (U.S. National Park Service)." National Parks Service. U.S. Department of the Interior, 8 June 2014. Web. 8 June 2014.
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