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McCausland Rallied Forces In Civil War Cavalry Career
Gallipolis correspondent recalls John McCausland CSA a bold Confederate brigadier general born in Mason County West Virginia. The piece traces his rise from Kanawha Valley raids to command of Jenkins cavalry, his defense of Lynchburg and raids into Maryland and Washington, and hints at the Chambersburg burning story to come.
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Mason County
W. Va
John McCausland
CSA
Fort Donelson
Tenn
Southwestern
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia and
Tennessee
McCausland
St. Louis
Henderson
Buffalo Academy
Virginia Military Institute
Kanawha Valley
Dublin Depot
Albert Gallatin Jenkins
Cabell County
George Crook
Cloyd’s Mountain
Jenkins
James A. Seddon
Richmond
Col. McCausland
Robert E. Lee
Army of Northern Virginia
Lee
W. E
Grumble) Jones
Port Republic
Crook
David Hunter
Covington
Lynchburg
Jubal A. Early
Cold Harbor
Gen. Hunter
Hanging Rock
Maryland
Hagerstown
Frederick City
Monocacy River
John Brown Gordon
Lew Wallace
Washington, D.C
Georgetown
Washington
Early
Monocacy Bridge
Little Warrior
West Virginia