Saturday, June 20, 2026 · america_250
America 250 · West Virginia & the bloody middle
5 questions · 1000 points possible. Below are the prompts, hints, and target locations from this pack.
On June 20, 1863, West Virginia broke from Virginia to become the 35th state — born from the same war that tore Harpers Ferry, Antietam, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and finally Appomattox into the national memory.
- 01
Drop a pin on the western creek where the bloodiest single day in American military history was fought in September 1862.
● Smoketown Road — Maryland, United States
- Target
- 39.4767°, -77.7449°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 02
Drop a pin on the south town where the three-day Civil War battle of July 1863 turned the tide of the war.
● Taneytown Road — Cumberland Township, Pennsylvania, United States
- Target
- 39.8126°, -77.2306°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 03
Drop a pin on the Mississippi River city whose 47-day siege ended on July 4, 1863 — splitting the Confederacy.
● Union Avenue — Mississippi, United States
- Target
- 32.3458°, -90.8492°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 04
Drop a pin on the ridge where Union troops won the largest battle west of the Mississippi in March 1862, securing Missouri.
● Military Park Road — Arkansas, United States
- Target
- 36.4537°, -94.0207°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 05
Drop a pin on the pass called the 'Gettysburg of the West' — a March 1862 Union victory that ended Confederate ambitions in the territories.
● Loma Alta — Glorieta, New Mexico, United States
- Target
- 35.5798°, -105.7728°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts