File:Averells Return May 1864.png
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After the Battle of Cove Mountain, Averell took a difficult route to safety and was pursued by Confederate forces.
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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 1864 map created by Alvin Jewett Johnson. 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 | Alvin Jewett Johnson (1827-1884) |
Southwestern Virginia and West Virginia in the United States.
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This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929. |
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| current | 15:23, 11 June 2021 | | 624 × 640 (855 KB) | TwoScarsUp (talk | contribs) | Uploaded a work by Alvin Jewett Johnson (1827-1884) from This is a crop of an 1864 map created by Alvin Jewett Johnson. The entire map can be found in the Library of Congress [https://www.loc.gov/item/lva0000096/ 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 Re... |
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