File:Kanawha River Valley and Fayetteville.png

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English: This map shows western Virginia during September 1862 during the American Civil War. A Union force at the head of the Kanawha Valley, commanded by Colonel Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn, was threatened by a Confederate force commanded by Major General William W. Loring. Loring had cavalry downriver at Buffalo, while Loring was in Giles and Monroe counties preparing to attack Fayetteville.
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Source This is a crop from Johnson's Delaware, Maryland & Virginia map published in 1864. It can be found in the U.S. Library of Congress here. Labels and circles have been added by TwoScarsUp based on the book named "The Battle of Charleston and the 1862 Kanawha Valley Campaign" by Terry Lowry.
Author The map is by Alvin Jewett Johnson (1827-1884), and was published in 1864. TwoScarsUp made modifications.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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The Kanawha River flowed northwest to the Ohio River

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