

How to Comment: Public participation is vital to our planning process, which is conducted in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). It has been featured in many photographs, and it is a Canal Discovery. The Tunnel itself is an incredible feat of engineering, and its construction alone has a colorful history. The Paw Paw Tunnel is one of the most significant engineering features along the canal. To save building six miles of canal along the river, the C&O Canal Company decided to construct a tunnel through a steep ridge now called Tunnel Hill. The 3,118-foot tunnel took 14 years to complete and first opened in 1850. Today, visitors come to the tunnel to view this engineering feat and hike the Tunnel Hill Trail, a two-mile trail that traverses the top of the mountain where laborers lived during the construction period. The Paw Paw Tunnel near Oldtown, Maryland is one of the most notable features on the C&O Canal.

See the Camping web page for an interactive location map. It is at Mile 156.2 on the C&O Canal towpath. Siege operations against Fort Wagner, Morris Island, and against Fort Sumter and Charleston, July 10-September 7. The Paw Paw Tunnel Campground is located right off of Highway 51 (Oldtown Road) just north of Paw Paw, West Virginia, but on the Maryland side of the Potomac. Assaults on Fort Wagner, Morris Island, July 11 and 18. Moved to Norfolk, Va., December 31, thence to Beaufort and New Berne, N. Action near Franklin on Blackwater December 2.

Movement to Fortress Monroe August 16-23, thence moved to Suffolk, Va., and duty there till December 31. Battle of Port Republic June 9 (cover retreat).

Service: Duty at Paw Paw Tunnel and Great Cacapon Creek till March 10, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 24th Army Corps, to September, 1865. of Virginia and North Carolina, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps, Army of the James, Dept. Howell's Brigade, Gordon's Division, Folly Island, S. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 10th Army Corps, Morris Island, S. of the South, to April, 1863, United States forces, Folly Island, S. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. Ferry's Brigade, Division at Suffolk, Va., 7th Army Corps, Dept. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Shields' Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps, and Dept. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Landers' Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. Left State for Cumberland, Md., January 17, 1862, thence moved to Paw Paw Tunnel February 3. Organized at Zanesville, McConnellsville and Somerton, Ohio, September 17 to December 24, 1861. UNION OHIO VOLUNTEERS 62nd Regiment, Ohio Infantry Overview:
