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English: This map shows the approximate route of Confederate Brigadier General Albert G. Jenkins in the Kanawha Valley Campaign of 1862 during the American Civil War. The pale blue disjointed line is the Kanawha River that runs from one of the Union fortifications northwest to the Ohio River. Jenkins circled behind a Union force commanded by Colonel Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn while a larger Confederate force commanded by Major General William W. Loring occupied the front. Lightburn was driven out of Virginia, but escaped from Jenkins by using a different route to the safety of Ohio. (In 1862, western Virginia was still part of the state of Virginia. In 1863, it became the state of West Virginia.) |
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| Source | The map is a modified version of a Wikimedia Commons map called “Map of West Virginia highlighting Hancock County.svg” that was created by David Benbennick in 2006. TwoScarsUp made modifications in 2023, adding labels and arrows based on the book named "The Battle of Charleston and the 1862 Kanawha Valley Campaign" by Terry Lowry. A map on page 40 of the book is comparable to this map, and Chapter 2 "Jenkins' Trans-Allegheny Raid August-September 1862" on page 41 through 75 contains detail. Also used was a brochure published by the non-profit “Civil War Trails”. The small overlay in the lower right corner is a crop from the Wikimedia Commons map named “Civilwarmap2.5.jpg”. TwoScarsUp has added a “red box” to let the viewer know what part of the United States is in the focus of the larger map. In 1862, the state of West Virginia did not yet exist, as it was still the western portion of the state (or commonwealth) of Virginia. |
| Author | David Benbennick and TwoScarsUp |
Western Virginia was still part of Virginia in 1862, and became the state of West Virginia in 1863.
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| current | 18:05, 12 February 2023 | | 629 × 499 (127 KB) | TwoScarsUp | Uploaded a work by David Benbennick and TwoScarsUp from The map is a modified version of a Wikimedia Commons map called “Map of West Virginia highlighting Hancock County.svg” that was created by David Benbennick in 2006. TwoScarsUp made modifications in 2023, adding labels and arrows based on the book named "The Battle of Charleston and the 1862 Kanawha Valley Campaign" by Terry Lowry. A map on page 40 of the book is comparable to this map, and Chapter 2 "Jenkins' Trans-Allegheny Raid August-... |
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