The City of Hurricane will host a media unveiling on Friday, November 14 at 11:00am for a newly-installed Civil War Trails marker that tells the story of the Battle of Hurricane Bridge. The marker, installed last week by Civil War Trails, Inc., is located at 1165 Midland Trail on the property of ShotFire Fitness across the road from Hurricane Bridge Park.

The small, but strategically significant battle happened in Hurricane during the Civil War and was a victory for the Union which enabled the Federals to maintain control over the James River and Kanawha Turnpike which was a crucial supply route that ran from Richmond Virginia, to the Ohio River in Cabell County. Union Captain James W. Johnson is quoted as saying, “…the enemy appeared in force and opened a furious fire upon us simultaneously on three sides from as many different hills, owing to the high elevation of which and the unfinished condition of our works, exposed our men to a most galling crossfire, which they withstood and returned with the firmness of veterans.”