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Incendiaries on the B&O: The Burning of the Fish Creek Spans During the Jones-Imboden Raid (Part II)
See Part I here… On the night of April 27, 1863, Hannah Church spied five men building a fire under the two spans of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad crossing of a fork of Fish Creek bearing her family’s name. … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Cavalry
Tagged 19th Virginia Cavalry, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Benjamin Stone Roberts, Burton, Cappo Fork, cavalry, Church's Fork, Fairmont, Francis H. Pierpont, John D. Imboden, John W. Garrett, Jones-Imboden Raid, Joseph A.J. Lightburn, Mannington, Raids, Robert Schenck, West Virginia, Wetzel County, William E. Jones
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Incendiaries on the B&O: The Burning of the Fish Creek Spans During the Jones-Imboden Raid (Part I)
Civil War cavalry raids often rank among the most romantic of Civil War tales. This often has to do with the characters most often associated, with names like Stuart, Morgan, Mosby, Rosser, Gilmor and others. These raids would be recalled … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Cavalry
Tagged Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Burton, Cappo Fork, cavalry, Church's Fork, Fairmont, John D. Imboden, Jones-Imboden Raid, Mannington, Raids, West Virginia, William E. Jones
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