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

by Darrell L. Collins

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786430703
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date:	08/14/2007
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.44(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Darrell L. Collins has written several books on Civil War topics. He lives in Montrose, Colorado.

Table of 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     

Editorial Reviews

solid, primary source testimony...a cohesive, easy-to-follow narrative”—Blue & Gray Magazine; “clear and very readable...sources are sound...well supported”—The Civil War Courier.

From the Publisher

"clear and very readable...sources are sound...well supported"

The Civil War Courier

solid, primary source testimony...a cohesive, easy-to-follow narrative

Blue & Gray Magazine