Image: Averells Return May 1864 V2
Description: 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.
Title: Averells Return May 1864 V2
Credit: 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
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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