The Sheridan Fortifications marker is on private property in the Harpers Ferry KOA campground. The campground is located on Campground Road, which runs west from Shenandoah Road (the road to the National Park Visitor Center). (39°18’57.0″N 77°45’45.7″W; map) The markers are along the driveways in the campground.

From the marker:

Sheridan Fortifications

In August 1864, Gen. U.S. Grant ordered Gen. Phillip Sheridan to construct earth fortifications on Bolivar Heights. These forts faced northwest to protect against Confederate movements down the Shenandoah Valley to Harpers Ferry. This Sheridan trench is 300 yds. long with the south end protected by a hook embankment. Artillery positions were erected within the fortifications. This was the location of gun #5.

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