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

Darrell L. Collins

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786430702 ISBN 13: 9780786430703

Publisher: McFarland & Co, 2007

Synopsis

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 would later 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.

About this title

Review:

"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.

About the Author:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: McFarland & Co
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0786430702
• ISBN 13: 9780786430703
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 220