Battle of Bolivar Heights

The Battle of Bolivar Heights (16 October 1861) was an early battle of the American Civil War. Occurring two years after John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859, Confederate States Army colonel Turner Ashby attempted to take the strategic Bolivar Heights from Union colonel John White Geary. After a six-hour battle, the Confederates were ultimately repulsed, and the Union planted flags on the ridge.