The Jones-Imboden Raid : The Confederate Attempt to Destroy the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and Retake West Virginia

Collins, Darrell L.

McFarland & Co Inc（2007/08発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 220 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786430703
• DDC分類 973.73013

Full Description

When Virginia seceded from the United States in 1861, its western counties showed very little popular support for the Confederacy, and loyalist bands of bushwhackers, partisans and guerillas drove most Southern sympathizers from the region. Most inconvenient for the Confederacy was the fact that these counties (which later would become West Virginia) housed the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which connected Washington with the Midwest's vast wealth of manpower and supplies. This work covers the Confederacy's 1863 attempt to invade West Virginia and destroy the critical B&O line. Rich with oral history, the book gives a detailed, personal account of the ultimately unsuccessful Jones-Imboden Raid.

Contents

Table of Contents

List of Maps     

Preface     

1. The Setup     

2. Beverly     

3. Buckhannon     

4. Greenland Gap     

5. Rowelsburg     

6. Morgantown     

7. Fairmont     

8. Weston     

9. Burning Springs     

10. Summersville     

11. Home     

12. The Breakdown     

Chapter Notes     

Bibliography     

Index