Battle of Philippi, West Virginia, American Civil War Size:XS: 40 x 30cm James Wyld's Great Globe

James Wyld's Great Globe

They were the only major project to be undertaken in London by the famous engineer Thomas Telford

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4th September 1980

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Battle of Philippi, West Virginia, American Civil War Size:XS: 40 x 30cm James Wyld's Great GlobeBattle of Philippi, West Virginia, American Civil War, 3 June, 1861. Union troops under the command of Colonel Ebenezer Dumont, supported by Colonels Benjamin Franklin Kelley and Frederick W Lander, firing on the Confederates under Colonel George A Porterfield. Philippi was the first organised land battle of the war, although its significance is disputed, with some historians dismissing it as a skirmish mockingly named 'The Philippi Races'.