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The War Fifty Years Ago By Capt Kilmer
Fifty years ago the last major Confederate invasion of the north unfolded in 1864. Imboden and Early led raids through the Shenandoah and into Maryland, striking rail lines and bridges, threatening Lynchburg and Harpers Ferry, as Union forces under Sigel Hunter and Crook retreated or regrouped, while Maryland and neighboring states faced panic and mobilization.
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George L. Kilmer
U.S. W
North
Lee
Shenandoah Valley
Gettysburg
Valley of the
Virginia
J. D. Imboden
Imboden
Grant
Richmond
Maryland
Harry Gilmor
Baltimore
Staunton
Crook
Lynchburg
Averell
McCausland
Jones
Sigel
Winchester
J. C. Sullivan
J. H. Stabel
Strasburg
Woodstock
Breckinridge
A. L. Long
Bradley T. Johnson
Blue Ridge
Early
Johnson
Stigel
Maryland Heights
Harper’s Ferry
Potomac
Harpers Ferry
Shepherdstown
Antietam Creek
Hagerstown
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington
Franz Sigel
Department of West Virginia
West Virginia
George Crook
W. W. Avtrell
Virginia and Tennessee
Allegheny
Blue Ridge Mountains
Knoxville
Virginia Central Railroad
New River
J. H. Morgan
W. R. Jones
John McCausland
Morgan
Kentucky
East Tennessee
D. H. Smith
Hne
John C. Breckinridge
Mountain District
Spottsylvania
Amboden
Hunter
Letcher
Allegheny Mountains
Martinsburg