One hundred fifty years ago, in September of 1862, the U.S. Civil War came to the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia in a big way.
It was 10 months before the western counties of Virginia broke away to form a separate state. On the heels of a big win the first week of September at the battle of Second Manassas, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee wanted to keep up the momentum and bring the war to Pennsylvania so it more directly affected people living in the north.