File:Averells Return May 1864 V2.png
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English: After the Battle of Cover Mountain in the American Civil War, Union General William W. Averell led his force to the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad. After destroying a small segment of the rail line, he began a difficult route north in rain and mountainous terrain while pursued by Confederate forces. |
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| Source | This is a crop of an 1861 map created by O.N. Snow. The entire map can be found in the Library of Congress here, and shows Virginia, Delaware, Maryland & West Virginia. Text box and circles were added by TwoScarsUp based on descriptions in the books History of the 2nd Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry Volunteers by Joseph Sutton; Lee's Endangered Left by Richard R. Duncan, and Official Reports of Averell and Confederate pursuers here. |
| Author | O.N. Snow |
Western Virginia and southern West Virginia in the U.S.
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| current | 15:23, 4 February 2022 | | 1,025 × 714 (1.46 MB) | TwoScarsUp | Uploaded a work by O.N. Snow from This is a crop of an 1861 map created by O.N. Snow. The entire map can be found in the Library of Congress [https://www.loc.gov/item/lva0000091/ here], and shows Virginia, Delaware, Maryland & West Virginia. Text box and circles were added by TwoScarsUp based on descriptions in the books History of the 2nd Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry Volunteers by Joseph Sutton; Lee's Endangered Left by Richard R. Duncan, and Official Reports of Averell and Confederate p... |
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