{"id":3308,"date":"2025-01-10T20:00:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T00:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=3308"},"modified":"2025-01-10T15:48:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T19:48:36","slug":"3308","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=3308","title":{"rendered":"Philippi, West Virginia: The First Land Battle of the Civil War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3C1PXQdutgQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of the Civil War, the small Appalachian town of Philippi, Virginia, now West Virginia, became the site of the first organized land action of the conflict as the Union made a move into Confederate territory. \u00a0Despite its strategic importance, the battle is sometimes humorously referred to as the &#8220;Philippi Races&#8221; due to the swift retreat of untested raw Confederate recruits. 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